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どんこ・ドンコ【鈍甲・鈍魚・貪子】

donko

Definition

Noun

  1. Dark sleeper (sp. Odontobutis obscura)

Etymology

Likely cognate to Kansai どかん dokan; Nagasaki どんぽ donpo; Kumamoto どんかっちょ donkaccho and どんくゎっちょ donkwaccho; Amakusa (Kumamoto) どぐら dogura; and standard Japanese どんこ・ドンコ【鈍甲】 donko "dark sleeper (sp. Odontobutis obscura)". Likely also cognate to Kumamoto どぐら dogura "slug; beach conger eel" and Amakusa (Kumamoto) ずぐらめ zugurame "snail".

Notes

A species of freshwater fish native to China, Korea and Japan.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji鈍甲
鈍魚
貪子
Kanaどんこ
ドンコ
Romanizationdonko

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). どんこ・ドンコ【鈍甲・鈍魚・貪子】 : donko | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3438/donko/.