もこ

See also: もうこ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of もこ – see the following entry: 模糊

(The following entry is uncreated: 模糊.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of もこ – see the following entry.

【婿】S [noun] (dialectal, Tōhoku, Northern Kantō, Niigata, Nagano, Chūgoku, etc.) Nonstandard form of むこ (muko) above Alternative spelling 聟

(This term, もこ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Old Japanese

Etymology

Possibly cognate with modern Japanese 婿 (muko, “groom, son-in-law”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

もこ (mo₁ko₁ → moko₁)

1. a companion, fellow
   • 711–712, Kojiki, (poem 50):

     知波夜夫流宇遲能和多理邇佐袁斗理邇波夜祁牟比登斯和賀毛古邇許牟

     tipayaburu Udi no₂ watari ni sawo to₁ri ni payake₁mu pi₁to₂ si waga mo₁ko₁ ni ko₂mu

     At the ford of the river Udi of the raging billows, someone quick to take the rudder―O come to my aid!

   • 720, Nihon Shoki, (poem 42

):

知破椰臂苔于旎能和多利珥佐烏刀利珥破椰鷄務臂苔辞和餓毛胡珥虛務

tipaya-pi₁to₂ Udi no₂ watari ni sawo to₁ri ni payake₁mu pi₁to₂ si waga moko₁ ni ko₂mu

Charmed and furious one, the ford of the Uji River―may a swift and skilled oarsman come here to my rescue.