とっこ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly a contraction of 取り子 (toriko), itself from 取り (tori, “taking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 取る toru “to take”) + 子 (ko, “someone who does something”, suffix).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とっこ [tóꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [to̞k̚ko̞]

Noun

とっこ (rōmaji tokko)

(slang) a swindler, a con artist

Synonyms

詐 (さ)欺 (ぎ)師 (し) (sagishi), 騙 (かた)り者 (もの) (katarimono)

Etymology 2

Reading of various kanji compounds.

Noun

とっこ (rōmaji tokko)

独鈷, 独股, 独古: a vajra, a dorje: a kind of double-headed scepter used in esoteric Buddhism; a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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