おき

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
沖
澳

⟨oki1⟩ → /oki/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE. Cognate with 奥 (oku, “inner, inside”).[1]

The kanji spelling 沖 appears to be a reanalysis of the Chinese character based on its components of 氵 (“water”) and 中 (“center, in the middle of”).

Pronunciation

Noun

おき • (oki) ←おき (oki)?

  1. open sea

Proper noun

おき • (Oki) 

  1. a surname

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [o̞kʲi]

Verb

おき • (oki) 

  1. stem or continuative form of おく (oku) [godan]

References
  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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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