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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 男 (otoko, “man; male”) + の (no, appositional particle) + 子 (ko, “child”).[1][2][3]
First cited to a text from 1711.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
男の子 • (otokonoko)
- a boy
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “男の子”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “男の子”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN