大きな

/opoki/ → /oɸoki/ → /oɸoki na/ → /owoki na/ → /oːki na/

Appears starting from the Muromachi period (室(むろ)町(まち)時(じ)代(だい) (Muromachi jidai), c. 1336–1573). Derived as the -na adjective construction of -i adjective 大(おお)きい (ōkii, “big, great”), which see for more.

• (Tokyo) おおきな [óꜜòkìnà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːkʲina̠]

大(おお)きな • (ōkina) ^{←おほきな (ofokina)?}

1. synonym of 大きい (ōkii, “big, large”) (all senses)

   Antonym: 小(ちい)さな (chīsana)

• Only used to modify a noun attributively. In all other uses, only 大(おお)きい (ōkii) may be used; for example,

  *大(おお)きだ。 ― Ōki da. ― It is big. (predicative use)

  *大(おお)きに見(み)える。 ― Ōki ni mieru. ― It looks big. (adverbial use)

  are incorrect, and must be

  大(おお)きい。 ― Ōkii. ― It is big.

  大(おお)きく見(み)える。 ― Ōkiku mieru. ― It looks big.

• See 小(ちい)さな (chīsana) and 可笑(おか)しな (okashina), which have the same rules of use.

大(おっ)きな • (okkina) ^{←おほきな (ofokina)?}

1. (regional) alternative form of 大きな (ōkina, “big, large”) (all senses)

• See 大(おお)きな (ōkina).