おおとり

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
大鳥
鵬
鳳
鴻

From 大 (ō-, “large, great”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おおとり [òótórí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːto̞ɾʲi]

Noun

おおとり • (ōtori) ←おほとり (ofotori)?

  1. any large bird (crane, stork, swan, etc.)
  2. any majestic bird of legend (peng, fenghuang, phoenix, roc, etc.)

Proper noun

おおとり • (Ōtori) ←おほとり (ofotori)?

  1. 鵬: a surname
  2. 鳳: a surname

Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
大取り
大トリ

From 大 (ō-, “large, great”) +‎ 取り (tori, “taker → final performer”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːto̞ɾʲi]

Noun

おおとり or おおトリ • (ōtori) ←おほとり (ofotori)?

  1. the final performer of a whole performance
    Hypernym: 取り (tori)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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