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Japanese
Etymology 1
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竿
棹
桿
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From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Proto-Japonic *sawo.
Pronunciation
Noun
さお • (sao) ←さを (sawo)?
- pole
- (euphemistic, vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See 青 (ao, “blue”).
Pronunciation
Noun
さお • (sao) ←さを (sawo)?
- (Classical Japanese, now literary) blue
References
- ^ “竿・棹・桿”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN