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Japanese[edit]
おきつとり • (oki tsu tori)
- 沖つ鳥: offshore bird
Old Japanese[edit]
おきつとり (oki1 tu to2ri)
- 沖つ鳥: bird at sea, allusion to 鴨 (kamo, “duck”); from the cry of the 䳑鴨 (ajikamo, “Baikal teal”), allusion to 味經 (Adipu, a placename); allusion to 胸見る (munami1ru, “look at one's chests”)