おき

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings

⟨oki1/oki/

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

おき (okiおき (oki)?

  1. open sea

Proper noun

おき (Oki

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

おき (oki

  1. stem or continuative form of おく (oku)

References

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