とっこ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly a contraction of 取り子 (toriko), itself from 取り (tori, “taking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 取る toru “to take”) + 子 (ko, “someone who does something”, suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とっこ [tóꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞k̚ko̞]

Noun

とっこ • (tokko) 

1. (slang) a swindler, a con artist

Synonyms

• 詐欺師(さぎし) (sagishi), 騙(かた)り者(もの) (katarimono)

Etymology 2

Reading of various kanji compounds.

Noun

とっこ • (tokko) 

1. 独鈷, 独股, 独古: a vajra, a dorje: a kind of double-headed scepter used in esoteric Buddhism; a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN