おき

おき

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
沖 澳

⟨oki₁⟩ → /oki/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE. Cognate with 奥 (oku, “inner, inside”).[1]

The kanji spelling 沖 appears to be a reanalysis of the Chinese character based on its components of 氵 (“water”) and 中 (“center, in the middle of”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おき [òkí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞kʲi]

Noun

おき • (oki) ^{←おき (oki)?}

1. open sea

Proper noun

おき • (Oki) 

1. a surname

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞kʲi]

Verb

おき • (oki) 

1. stem or continuative form of おく (oku) [godan]

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN