大女子

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
大	女	子
おお Grade: 1	おんな‎ > な Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1

Reanalysis of 小女子 (こおなご) (kōnago) as a small sand lance, and replacingly prefixing 大 (ō-, “big”) +‎ 女子 (nago, bound morpheme of 小女子, interpreted as "sand lance") to form an antonym thereof.

Noun

大女子 (hiragana おおなご, katakana オオナゴ, rōmaji ōnago)

big sand lance

Antonyms

小女子 (こうなご) (kōnago)

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