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Etimoloji
⟨neko₁⟩ → /neko/ From Old Japanese. Cognate with Miyako にか (nika, “cat”, Tarama and Minna dialects) via unknown Japonic substratum. Listed in modern references as a compound of ね (ne, onomatopoeia of the sound a cat makes; compare modern Japanese にゃ (nya), English mew, meow) + こ (ko, diminutive noun-forming suffix). According to the 和(わ)名(みょう)類(るい)聚(じゅ)抄(しょう) (Wamyō Ruijushō) of 931–938, neko is…