とっこ
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editUnknown. 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”) + 子 (ko, “someone who does something”, suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (slang) a swindler, a con artist
Synonyms
edit- 詐欺師 (sagishi), 騙り者 (katarimono)
Etymology 2
editReading of various kanji compounds.
Noun
edit- 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