オートバイ

Japanese

Etymology

Clipping of オートバイシクル (ōtobaishikuru), erroneously listed in some Japanese dictionaries as wasei eigo,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] but actually borrowed from English autobicycle, an early English term for motorcycle.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) オートバイ [òótóꜜbàì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːto̞ba̠i]

Noun

オートバイ (rōmaji ōtobai)

a motorcycle
Synonym: 単車 (tansha)
a scooter (motor-scooter)
Synonyms: 原チャリ (genchari), 原付 (gentsuki)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 歐兜邁
→ Korean: 오토바이 (otobai)

References

↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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