おき

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
沖澳

⟨oki₁⟩ → /oki/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE. Cognate with 奥 (oku, “inner, inside”).^[1]

The kanji spelling 沖 appears to be a reanalysis of the Chinese character based on its components of 氵 (“water”) and 中 (“center, in the middle of”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おき [òkí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞kʲi]

Noun

おき • (oki) ^{←おき (oki)^?}

open sea

Derived terms

沖(おき)の太夫(たゆう) (okinotayū)

Proper noun

おき • (Oki)

a surname

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
置き

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞kʲi]

Verb

おき • (oki)

stem or continuative form of おく (oku) [godan]

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN