Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Unknown. Possibly a contraction of 取り子 (toriko), itself from 取り (tori, taking, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 取る toru “to take”) + (ko, someone who does something, suffix).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

とっこ (tokko

  1. (slang) a swindler, a con artist
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Reading of various kanji compounds.

Noun edit

とっこ (tokko

  1. 独鈷, 独股, 独古: a vajra, a dorje: a kind of double-headed scepter used in esoteric Buddhism; a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes

References edit

  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN