蟻の子
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蟻 | 子 |
| あり Hyōgai |
こ Grade: 1 |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 蟻 (obsolete) 蟻子 |
Etymology
Compound of 蟻 (ari, “ant”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 子 (ko, “child; small thing”).[1] First attested in 794.[1]
May be rare or obsolete; not listed in various references.[2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a̠ɾʲino̞ko̞]
Noun
蟻の子 • (arinoko)
- [794–??] (archaic, possibly obsolete) an ant, particularly one without wings
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 161:
- 蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古[5]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- [794–??] (archaic, possibly obsolete) an ant egg or larva
- Synonym: 幼虫 (yōchū, common term for "larva")
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “蟻子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “蟻の子”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Unknown (794), Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.