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) 

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

References
  1. “ぼに 【盆】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  2. “ぼん【盆】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN
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