オオカミ
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Japanese
Etymology
opokami → oɸokami → owokami → ookami → oːkami. Literally "great god", from 大 (ō, “great”) and 神 (kami, “god”).
Noun
オオカミ or おおかみ • (ōkami) ←おほかみ (ofokami)?
- 狼: Wolf; Canis lupus.
- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 7, page 56:
- 犲狼 [...] 説文云、狼、音郎、於保加美、和名二字、本草和名、犲皮、和名於保加美、雄略紀、豺狼二字同訓、貝原氏曰、狼、於保加美 [...]
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- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 18, page 17:(Shinpukuji manuscript)
- 犲狼: 兼名苑云狼一名犲音於説文云狼音即和名於保加美似犬而銃頭白頬者也爾雅注云獥音叫狼子也
- circa 1177-1188, Iroha Jiruishō
- 狼（オホカミ）
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- 1444, Kagakushū (Volume 13)
- 狼（ヲヽカミ）
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Usage notes
オオカミ is a winter kigo.
Synonyms
- ウルフ (urufu) (informal)
Derived terms
- アラビアオオカミ (Arabiaōkami)
- イタリアオオカミ (Itariaōkami)
- 一匹オオカミ (ippikiōkami)
- エジプトオオカミ (Ejiputoōkami)
- エゾオオカミ (ezoōkami)
- オオカミウオ (ōkamiuo)
- おおかみ座 (ōkamiza)
- オオカミ少年 (ōkamishōnen)
- 狼弾き (ōkamihajiki)
- 送り狼 (okuriōkami)
- カスピオオカミ (Kasupiōkami)
- グレートプレーンズオオカミ (Gurētopurēnzuōkami)
- シベリアオオカミ (Shiberiōkami)
- シンリンオオカミ (shinrin'ōkami)
- タスマニアオオカミ (Tasumaniaōkami)
- タテガミオオカミ (tategamiōkami)
- チョウセンオオカミ (Chōsen'ōkami)
- ツンドラオオカミ (tsundoraōkami)
- ニホンオオカミ (Nihon'ōkami)
- ネブラスカオオカミ (Neburasukaōkami)
- フクロオオカミ (fukuroōkami)
- ホッキョクオオカミ (hokkyokuōkami)
- メキシコオオカミ (Mekishikoōkami)
- ロシアオオカミ (Roshiaōkami)
- ヨーロッパオオカミ (Yōroppaōkami)
See also
- 狼 (ōkame)
References
- Kamei, Takashi (1944) [1444] Kagakushū: Gennabon (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten
- Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
- Tadakane, Tachibana with Atsuo Masamune (ed.) (circa 1177-1188) Iroha Jiruishō (in Japanese), Kazama Shobō, published 1971