Where does “dohyo-iri” come from?
dohyo-iri (English) comes from Japanese 土俵入り, from Japanese 入り, from Japanese 入る, from Old Japanese いる.
dohyo-iri (English): a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi, in...
Definitions
- a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi, in...
Ancestry of “dohyo-iri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 土俵入り | dohyo-iri, a ring-entering ceremony performed by... |
| 2 | Japanese | 入り | entering; entry, going in; entry, entering |
| 3 | Japanese | 入る | to enter, go into, get into; to arrive; to join a... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | いる | — |