大蛇
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 蛇 |
おお > お Grade: 1 |
ろち Grade: S |
irregular |
/woro2ti/: *[worəti] → [woroti] → [orotɕi]. Possibly from 尾ろ (woro2, “tail”) + 霊 (chi, “spirit”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (literal) a large snake
- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 8, page 55:
- 虵 [...] 一名久知奈波、日本紀私記云、虵、乎路知 [...] 毒虫也 [...]
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 蛇 |
だい Grade: 1 |
じゃ Grade: S |
on’yomi |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (literal) a large snake
See also
References
- Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
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- Japanese terms spelled with 大
- Japanese terms spelled with 蛇
- Japanese terms with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese terms historically spelled with を
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
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- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 大 read as だい
- Japanese terms spelled with 蛇 read as じゃ
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- ja:Snakes