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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 得手 (ete, euphemistic term for 猿 (saru, “monkey”) to avoid the homophone 去る (saru, “to leave; to depart”)) + 公 (-kō, anthropomorphizing/familiarizing suffix used in animal names; compare ハチ公 (Hachikō)).
Pronunciation
Noun
猿公 • (etekō)
- monkey, especially anthropomorphized
See also
References
- ^ “猿公”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN