男やもめ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
男
おとこ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
男鰥
男寡

Etymology

Compound of 男(おとこ) (otoko, “man”) + やもめ (yamome, “widow; widower”).[1]

First attested in the early 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おとこやもめ [òtókóyáꜜmòmè] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [o̞to̞ko̞ja̠mo̞me̞]

Noun

男(おとこ)やもめ • (otokoyamome) ←をとこやもめ (wotokoyamome)?

  1. widower

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “男鰥”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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