もどき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
擬き擬抵牾牴牾

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もどき [mòdókíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
(Tokyo) もどき [móꜜdòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [mo̞do̞kʲi]

Noun

もどき • (modoki)

擬き: fake, imitation, mimicry

Suffix

もどき • (-modoki)

擬き, 擬: lookalike; similar

Derived terms

雁擬(がんもど)き (ganmodoki)
ガビアルモドキ (gabiaru-modoki)
スッポンモドキ (suppon-modoki)
藤擬(ふじもど)き (fuji modoki)
人擬(ひともど)き (hito modoki)

Verb

もどき • (modoki)

擬き: stem or continuative form of もどく (modoku) [godan]

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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