おしっこ

Japanese

Etymology

From お (o-, beautifying prefix) +‎ しっこ (shikko, “pee, urine”).^[1]^[2]^[3] First attested in 1905.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おしっこ [òshíꜜkkò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[3]
IPA^(key): [o̞ɕik̚ko̞]

Noun

おしっこ • (oshikko)

(childish) pee, wee (urine) [from 1905]

Verb

おしっこする • (oshikko suru) suru (stem おしっこし (oshikko shi), past おしっこした (oshikko shita))

(childish) to pee, to wee (to urinate)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "おしっこする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	おしっこし	oshikko shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	おしっこし	oshikko shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	おしっこする	oshikko suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	おしっこする	oshikko suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	おしっこすれ	oshikko sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	おしっこせよ¹ おしっこしろ²	oshikko seyo¹ oshikko shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	おしっこされる	oshikko sareru
Causative	おしっこさせるおしっこさす	oshikko saseru oshikko sasu
Potential	おしっこできる	oshikko dekiru
Volitional	おしっこしよう	oshikko shiyō
Negative	おしっこしない	oshikko shinai
Negative continuative	おしっこせず	oshikko sezu
Formal	おしっこします	oshikko shimasu
Perfective	おしっこした	oshikko shita
Conjunctive	おしっこして	oshikko shite
Hypothetical conditional	おしっこすれば	oshikko sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

See also

小便(しょうべん) (shōben), 小便(しょんべん) (shonben)
放尿(ほうにょう) (hōnyō)
排尿(はいにょう) (hainyō)
尿(にょう) (nyō)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “おしっこ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “おしっこ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN