雪男
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 雪 | 男 |
| ゆき Grade: 2 |
おとこ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
editCompound of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) + 男 (otoko, “man”),[1][2] calque of English snowman. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit雪男 • (yukiotoko) ←ゆきをとこ (yukiwotoko)?
- (cryptozoology) an abominable snowman, a yeti
See also
edit- 雪女 (yukionna)
- (not to be confused with) 雪だるま (yukidaruma, “snowman”)
References
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 雪 read as ゆき
- Japanese terms spelled with 男 read as おとこ
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms calqued from English
- Japanese terms derived from English
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms historically spelled with を
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Cryptozoology