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Japanese
Etymology 1
Likely a Baekje compound. If so, possibly from 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) + 於陸 (*oLuk, “queen”). Doublet of 大后 (kon'oruku).
Pronunciation
Noun
大后 • (konioruku)
- queen (of Baekje)
Etymology 2
Likely a Baekje compound. If so, possibly from 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) + 於陸 (*oLuk, “queen”). Doublet of 大后 (konioruku).
Noun
大后 • (kon'oruku)
- (obsolete) queen (of Baekje)
Further reading
- “コンオルク 【大后】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
(in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
References
- ^ “コニオルク 【大后】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
