🌏 Region(s): Kansai
どかん・ドカン : dokan | define meaning
dokan
Definition
Noun
- Dark sleeper (sp. Odontobutis obscura)
Etymology
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
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | どかん ドカン |
| Romanization | dokan |
意味：どんこ・ドンコ【鈍甲・鈍魚・貪子】
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). どかん・ドカン : dokan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3439/dokan/.