おおとり

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
大鳥鵬鳳鴻

From 大(おお) (ō-, “large, great”) + 鳥(とり) (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)^?}

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

Proper noun

おおとり • (Ōtori) ^{←おほとり (Ofotori)^?}

鵬, 鳳, 大鳥: a surname

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
おおトリ大取り大トリ

From 大(おお) (ō-, “large, great”) + 取(と)り (tori, “taker → final performer”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take (out)”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞ːto̞ɾʲi]

Noun

おおとり • (ōtori) ^{←おほとり (ofotori)^?}

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN