おか
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative spellings |
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丘 岡 (only in proper nouns) |
/woka/ → /oka/
From Old Japanese. Attested in the Kojiki of 712[1] and the Man'yōshū of 759.[2]
In turn, possibly originally a compound of 峰 (wo, “high place, a height”) + 処 (ka, suffixing element denoting "place").[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) おか [òká] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5] (noun)
- (Tokyo) おか [óꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1]) (proper noun)
- IPA(key): [o̞ka̠]
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Proper noun edit
- a surname
Etymology 2 edit
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陸 岡 (rare) |
Appears to be a shift in sense of 岡・丘 (oka, “hill”). First attested in a text from 1310.[6]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [from 1310] land, ground (as opposed to the sea or other bodies of water)
- [from 1708] the bathing area next to an お風呂 (ofuro, “traditional Japanese soaking tub”), often raised relative to the tub basin
- [from 1873] the raised portion of a 硯 (suzuri, “inkstone”) where one grinds the stick of India ink (as opposed to the 池 (ike, literally “pond”) or 海 (umi, literally “sea”), the small depressed basin area where one pours in the water)
Etymology 3 edit
Alternative forms edit
- おかー (okā)
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “丘・岡”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ “陸・岡”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000