大魚

大魚

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大,‎ 魚 / 鱼 (yú). ("big fish")
2. (figurative) a valuable person or thing that is being searched for
3. (Cantonese) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)

From Middle Chinese elements 大 (tai, “big, large”) +‎ 魚 (gyo, “fish”).

• (Tokyo) たいぎょ [táꜜìgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɡʲo̞]

大(たい)魚(ぎょ) • (taigyo) 

1. a big fish

• 大(たい)魚(ぎょ)を逸(いっ)す (taigyo o issu, “to lose a big fish → to miss one's big chance”)

• 大(おお)魚(な)船(ぶね) (ōnabune)

/opo uwo/ → /opuwo/ → /oɸuwo/ → /owuwo/ → /ouo/

Regular descendant of Old Japanese 大魚 (opuwo), compound of 大 (opo) + 魚 (uwo)

• IPA^(key): [o̞ɯ̟o̞]

大(お)魚(うお) • (ouo) ^{←おふを (ofwo)?}

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/opo uwo/ → /opuwo/

Shift from a compound of 大 (opo-, “great, big”) +‎ 魚 (uwo, “fish”).^[1][2]

大魚 (opuwo) (kana おふを)

1. a big fish
   • 720, Nihon Shoki, Empress Jingū, entry 5: ninth year of the tenth lunar month in winter:

     時飛廉起風、陽侯擧浪、海中大魚悉浮扶船。

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   • 733, Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki (Ou)

     詔而、童女离鉏所取而、大魚之支大衝別而、波多須々支穂振別而、三身之綱打挂而...

     mi₁ko₂to₂no₂ri-tamapi₁te, woto₂me₁ no₂ munasuki₁ to₂rasite, opuwo no₂ ki₁da tuki₁wake₂te, patasusuki₁ po puriwake₂te, mi₁tumi₂ no₂ tuna utikake₂te...

     So saying, he [Yatsukamizuomitsuno] took the wide spade shaped like a maiden's chest, thrust it into the land as though he had plunged it into the gill of a large fish, shook it about as if brandishing pampas grass and broke off a piece. Then he tied a three-ply rope around the land...^[3]

• 大魚よし (opuwo yo₂si, pillow word)

• Japanese: 大魚 (ouo)