蟻の子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟻	子
あり Hyōgaiji	こ Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
蟻 (obsolete)

Etymology

Compound of 蟻 (ari, “ant”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “child; small thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠ɾʲino̞ko̞]

Noun

蟻(あり)の子(こ) • (arinoko)

an ant, particularly one without wings
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 161:
  蚊蟻上可下音疑訓安利乃古[1]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
an ant egg or larva

References

Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.

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