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Re: [sumo] literal meanings
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- Subject: Re: [sumo] literal meanings
- From: Jarkko K <moggie@iki.fi>
- Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:57:41 +0300
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h.gilbert@auckland.ac.nz wrote:
AS you suggest, yokozuna means "sideways rope" and ozeki means "great barrier".
Sekiwake means "to the side of the barrier" and komusbi means "a small knot"
or "a small connection". Maegashira means "leading (front) head"
Hm. Looks like a set of military terms, apart from yokozuna. Could it be
some old military rank system or from some old battle formation?
Yokozuna would not fit there, being a later term...
JKK
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