Yone Horie (堀江 ヨネ, Horie Yone) is a character in Ahiru no Sora. She is the mother of Yuka Kurumatani and the grandmother of Sora Kurumatani.
Etymology[]
- The name Yone is written in katakana (ヨネ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (米 or 与根), it could possibly mean:
- 米 - "rice, paddy".
- 与根 - "bestow, participate in, give/giving, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" (与) (yo) and "root" (根) (ne).
- Yone's surname Horie means "moat, ditch, canal" (堀) (hori) and "bay, inlet" (江) (e).