あかご

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings
赤子
赤児

Etymology[edit]

Attested from the 11th century. From the reddish appearance of newborns;[1] compare 赤ん坊 (akanbo), 赤ちゃん (aka-chan). Alternatively, perhaps a shift from obsolete 嬰孩 (angko “baby”) or アッ孫 (akko “grandchild”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

あかご • (akago) ←あかご (akago)?

  1. baby

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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