さお

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
竿棹桿

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *sawo.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さお [sàóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠o̞]

Noun

さお • (sao) ^{←さを (sawo)^?}

pole
(euphemistic, vulgar) penis
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎

Derived terms

釣(つり)竿(ざお) (tsurizao, “fishing pole”)
黐(もち)竿(ざお) (mochizao)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
さ青

See 青 (ao, “blue”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠o̞]

Noun

さお • (sao) ^{←さを (sawo)^?}

(Classical Japanese, now literary) blue
- 1928, Motojirō Kajii, Sakura no ki no shita ni wa [Under the cherry trees]‎, Modern kanji and kana edition:
  
  白(しろ)い日(にっ)光(こう)をさ青(お)に煙(けむ)らせている木(き)の若(わか)芽(め)
  shiroi nikkō o sao ni kemuraseteiru ki no wakame
  (please add an English translation of this example)

References

“竿・棹・桿”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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