おが

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
大鋸

Alternative forms

• おおが (ōga)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​が [óꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) おが [ògá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɡa̠]

Noun

おが • (oga) ^{←おが (oga)?}

1. large saw for cutting timber

Derived terms

• 大鋸屑(おがくず) (ogakuzu)
• 大鋸炭(おがたん) (ogatan)
• オガライト (ogaraito)
• 大鋸粉(おがこ) (ogako)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of おが – see the following entry.

【男鹿】 [proper noun] Oga (a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan)

(This term, おが, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as おが, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おが.)