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Old Japanese roots
Language context for this entry: Japanese
[çina̠ta̠] · Japanese
01 / Meaning & origin
日向 is a unisex given name documented in Japanese. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Japanese.
3 source accounts
Compound of 日 (hi, “sun”) + な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) + た (ta, “direction, side”). The ta element is found in terms such as あなた (anata, “you”, originally “that side (distant)”), そなた (sonata, “you”, archaic; originally “that side (nearby)”).
Meaning: “sun” + “irrealis form”
⟨pi₁muka⟩ → */pʲimuka/ → /ɸimuka/ → /ɸiũɡa/ → /hjuːɡa/ Shift from Old Japanese 日向 (Pi₁muka → Himuka). Equivalent to a compound of 日 (hi, “sun”) + 向か (muka, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of verb 向く (muku), “to face (a direction)”).
Other various nanori readings.
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