# 子等
## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 子 | 等 |
| こ Grade: 1 | ら Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* 子ら 児等 児ら

### Etymology

From Old Japanese.
From 子 (ko, “child”) +‎ 等 (-ra, pluralizing and softening suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こら [kóꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ko̞ɾa̠]

### Noun

子(こ)等(ら) • (kora)
* children
** 2016 April 23, “エムラクールの孵(ふ)化(か)者(しゃ) [Emrakul’s Hatcher]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:
    それは黙(だま)ったまま忌(い)まわしき子(こ)らを率(ひき)いる。
       Sore wa damatta mama imawashiki kora o hikiiru.
       Wordlessly it leads its abhorrent brood.

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Old Japanese
### Alternative forms

* 児等

### Etymology 1

From 子 (ko$_1$, “child”) +‎ 等 (-ra, nominalizing suffix).

#### Noun

子等 (ko$_1$ra) (kana こら)
* a child, little one (as a term of endearment and address for another person)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 18, poem 4127:, text here
    夜須能河波 許牟可比太知弖 等之乃古非 気奈我伎古良河 都麻度比能欲曽yasu no$_2$ kapa ko$_2$mukapi$_1$-datite to$_2$si no$_2$ ko$_1$pi$_2$ ke$_2$ nagaki$_1$ ko$_1$ra ga tumado$_2$pi$_1$ no$_2$ yo$_1$ so$_2$Facing each other across the Peaceful River [the Milky Way], lovers through the year; long-forbearing little one, oh tonight we meet at last

##### Descendants

* Japanese: 子等 (kora)

### Etymology 2

From 子 (ko$_1$, “child”) +‎ 等 (-ro$_2$, Eastern Old Japanese form of nominalizing suffix -ra).

#### Noun

子等 (ko$_1$ro$_2$) (kana ころ)
* (regional, Eastern Old Japanese) a child, especially a girl
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3351:, text here
    筑波祢尓由伎可母布良留伊奈乎可母加奈思吉児呂我尓努保佐流可母Tukuba-ne ni yuki$_1$ ka mo puraru ina wo ka mo kanasiki$_1$ ko$_1$ro$_2$ ga nino$_1$ posaru ka mo(please add an English translation of this usage example)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3368:, text here
    阿之我利能刀比能可布知尓伊豆流湯能余尓母多欲良尓故呂河伊波奈久尓Asigari no$_2$ To$_1$pi$_1$-no$_2$-kaputi ni iduru yu no$_2$ yo$_2$ ni mo tayo$_1$rani ko$_1$ro$_2$ ga ipanaku ni(please add an English translation of this usage example)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3424:, text here
    之母都家野美可母乃夜麻能許奈良能須麻具波思児呂波多賀家可母多牟Simotuke$_1$no$_1$ Mi$_1$kamo-no$_2$-yama no$_2$ ko$_2$nara no$_2$su ma-gupasi ko$_1$ro$_2$ pa ta ga ke$_1$ ka motamu(please add an English translation of this usage example)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3473:, text here
    左努夜麻尓宇都也乎能登乃等抱可騰母祢毛等可児呂賀於母尓美要都留Sano$_1$-yama ni utu ya wono$_2$to$_2$ no$_2$ to$_2$pokado$_2$mo nemo to$_2$ ka ko$_1$ro$_2$ ga omo ni miyeturu(please add an English translation of this usage example)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4431:, text here
    佐左賀波乃佐也久志毛用尓奈々弁加流去呂毛尓麻世流古侶賀波太波毛sasa ga pa no$_2$ sayagu simoyo$_1$ ni nanape$_1$ karu ko$_2$ro$_2$mo ni maseru ko$_1$ro$_2$ ga pada pa mo(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Etymology 3

Possibly a misspelling of ⟨ko$_1$ro$_2$⟩ above.

#### Noun

子等 (ko$_2$ro$_2$) (kana ころ)
* (rare, regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) a child, especially a girl
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3369:, text here
    阿之我利乃麻萬能古須氣乃須我麻久良安是加麻可左武許呂勢多麻久良Asigari no$_2$ mama no$_2$ ko$_1$suge$_2$ no$_2$ sugamakura aze ka makasamu ko$_2$ro$_2$ se tamakura(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### See also

* 子な (ko$_1$na)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.
* ↑ Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2003, →ISBN.