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そん【其ん】

son

Definition

Adnominal Demonstrative

  1. Medial adnominal demonstrative used to indicate or recall something or someone distant to the speaker, but near or familiar to the listener: "That ~ "
    1. そんわろ
      sonwaro
      "That guy", "That person"

Etymology

Derived from reduction of the form その【其の】 sono "that ~". Cognate to standard Japanese その【其の】 sono "that ~", ultimately formed from the medial deictic root そ【其】 so-, followed by the genitive particle の【乃・之】 no.

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Kanji其ん
Kanaそん
Romanizationson

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2010, January 1). そん【其ん】 : son | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/554/son/.