ぼに

Japanese

Alternative spelling
盆

Etymology

From 盆 (bon, “tray; Obon festival, Bon festival”), with an epenthetic vowel -i added, in turn from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon).^[1] This word is also recorded in some western Kansai and eastern Chūgoku dialects up to at least the Shōwa period; some dialects have the forms ぼおに (bōni) and the Yoshino dialect of Nara Prefecture has ぼんに (bonni).^[1]^[2]

First attested in the Kagerō Nikki of 974.^[1]

Noun

ぼに • (boni)

(obsolete or dialect, Wakayama, Tottori, Okayama, Hiroshima, Tokushima, Kagawa) Bon festival, Obon festival (held on July 15)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “ぼに【盆】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ “ぼん【盆】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN

[KDJ2O-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “ぼに【盆】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NHDJ-2] “ぼん【盆】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN

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