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おきなわ【招縄】 : okinawa | define meaning
okinawa
Pronunciation: /okinawa/
Definition
Noun
- (Obsolete) A long rope or string tied to the ankle of a hawk or falcon, used as a tether during falconry training. A creance; a creance line.
Etymology
From おき【招き】 oki, the nominal form of the verb おく【招く】 oku "to call in"; and なわ【縄】 nawa "rope, cord, string".
Historical attestations:
- Vocabulario de Iapon declarado primero en portugues por los padres de la Compañia de Iesus de quel reyno, y agora en castellano en el Colégio de santo Thomas de Manila (1630), by João Rodrigues Girão, records "Voqinaua. Cordel largo con que se fue ta el halcon."
- Bibliotheca Accipitraria a Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry, with Notes, Glossary, and Vocabulary (1891), by James Edmund Harting, records "[...] creance, oki nawa; jesses, ashikawa (i.e. leg-lethers)".
意味：おきなわ【招縄】、あしかわ【足革】、あしお【足緒】、へお【綜緒・攣】