やもお
Japanese
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| 鰥夫 寡男 鰥 |
Etymology
editFrom Old Japanese. Originally a compound of an uncertain element やも (yamo) + 男 (o, “man”).[1] The same element is also found in やもめ (yamome, “widow”), a compound with 女 (me, “woman”).
First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]
Pronunciation
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editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “鰥夫”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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