Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
こにおるく
Grade: 1 Grade: 6
irregular

Likely a Baekje compound. If so, possibly from (*k(j)ə-n, big, great) +‎ 於陸 (*oLuk, queen). Doublet of 大后 (kon'oruku).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

大后(コニオルク) (konioruku

  1. queen (of Baekje)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
こんおるく
Grade: 1 Grade: 6
irregular

Likely a Baekje compound. If so, possibly from (*k(j)ə-n, big, great) +‎ 於陸 (*oLuk, queen). Doublet of 大后 (konioruku).

Noun edit

大后(コンオルク) (kon'oruku

  1. (obsolete) queen (of Baekje)

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ コニオルク 【大后】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)  [1] (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.)