おなべ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
御鍋
お鍋
オナベ

Etymology

From 御(お) (o-, honorific) + 鍋(なべ) (nabe, “stew pot”). The LGBT slang sense is by analogy to おかま (okama), literally “rice pot”, a slang term for gay or feminine men. The “maidservant” sense comes from association between maids and cooking or serving food.

Pronunciation

Noun

おなべ or オナベ • (onabe) 

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see お,‎ 鍋.
  2. (LGBTQ slang, sometimes offensive) butch; dyke; or, a trans man

References

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