さお

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
竿

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *sawo.

Pronunciation

Noun

さお (saoさを (sawo)?

  1. pole
  2. (euphemistic, vulgar) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
さ青

See (ao, blue).

Pronunciation

Noun

さお (saoさを (sawo)?

  1. (Classical Japanese, now literary) blue

References

  1. ^ 竿・棹・桿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN