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)

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

Descendants
  • → Amis: otofay, tofay
  • → Atayal: tubay
  • → Bunun: utubai
  • → Hakka: 奧多拜／奥多拜
  • → Kanakanabu: 'utupai
  • → Kavalan: utubay
  • → Korean: 오토바이 (otobai)
  • → Min Nan: 歐兜邁／欧兜迈
  • → Paiwan: utubai
  • → Puyuma: utubay
  • → Rukai: utubay
  • → Saisiyat: 'otobay
  • → Taroko: otobay
  • → Tsou: 'otovai
  • → Yami: otobay

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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