おか

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
丘
岡 (only in proper nouns)

/woka/ → /oka/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Kojiki of 712[1] and the Man'yōshū of 759.[2]

In turn, possibly originally a compound of 峰 (wo, “high place, a height”) +‎ 処 (ka, suffixing element denoting "place").[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

おか • (oka) ←をか (woka)?

  1. hill
    丘(おか)を下(くだ)る
    oka o kudaru
    to go down a hill
Derived terms
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Proper noun

おか • (Oka) ←をか (woka)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
陸
岡 (rare)

Appears to be a shift in sense of 岡・丘 (oka, “hill”). First attested in a text from 1310.[6]

Pronunciation

Noun

おか • (oka) ←をか (woka)?

  1. land, ground (as opposed to the sea or other bodies of water)
    Synonyms: 陸地 (rikuchi), 陸 (riku), くにが (kuniga), くぬが (kunuga), くが (kuga)
  2. the bathing area next to an お風呂 (ofuro, “traditional Japanese soaking tub”), often raised relative to the tub basin
  3. the raised portion of a 硯 (suzuri, “inkstone”) where one grinds the stick of India ink (as opposed to the 池 (ike, literally “pond”) or 海 (umi, literally “sea”), the small depressed basin area where one pours in the water)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

おか • (oka) 

  1. (Internet slang) short for おかえり (okaeri): welcome back, welcome home

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “丘・岡”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ “陸・岡”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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