X
🔧

Settings

Search type

Word search: Languages

Word search: Databases

🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Kagoshima)

こん【此ん・斯ん】

kon

Definition

Adnominal Demonstrative

  1. Proximal adnominal demonstrative used to introduce a thing, an idea or a person close to the speaker.
    1. こんわろ
      konwaro
      "This guy", "This person"

Etymology

Derived from reduction of the form この【此の・斯の】 kono "this". Cognate to Yuwan Amami くん kun; Okinawan くぬ kunu; and standard Japanese この【此の・斯の】 kono "this". Ultimately formed from the proximal deictic root 【此・斯】 ko-, followed by the genitive particle 【乃・之】 no.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji此ん
斯ん
Kanaこん
Romanizationkon

意味:この【此の・斯の】

+ amend/report

Categories:

此ん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). こん【此ん・斯ん】 : kon | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, February 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/551/kon/.