"おかま" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [o̞ka̠ma̠] Forms: おかま [canonical], オカマ [canonical], okama [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”) + 釜 (kama, “pot”). The development of the slang senses appear to have started from an analogy comparing a man's butt to the shape of certain pots. Etymology templates: {{prefix|ja|御|釜|t1=honorific prefix|t2=pot|tr1=o|tr2=kama}} 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”) + 釜 (kama, “pot”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|オカマ}} おかま or オカマ • (okama)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see お, 釜.
    Sense id: en-おかま-ja-noun-7NDjNRrE
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see お, 釜.
    a cooking pot
    Categories (topical): Cookware and bakeware
    Sense id: en-おかま-ja-noun-NlzXQADa Disambiguation of Cookware and bakeware: 3 56 12 1 8 2 13 6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 御, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 47 17 0 6 2 18 10 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 48 18 0 5 2 18 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 43 17 1 9 2 17 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 御: 9 33 11 3 9 4 15 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 47 16 1 7 2 16 9
  3. a volcanic caldera
    Sense id: en-おかま-ja-noun-BdmOz4xB
  4. (dated) one's wife Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-おかま-ja-noun-eaLr7zrH
  5. (archaic) a serving woman, a female servant Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-おかま-ja-noun-Bf0hjVgb
  6. (slang) someone's posterior or butt, particularly a man's butt Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-おかま-ja-noun-7jKdZ0Hq
  7. オカマ: (slang, LGBT, sometimes offensive) a gay man, a (male) homosexual Categories (topical): LGBT, LGBT
    Sense id: en-おかま-ja-noun-BPKfXYFr Disambiguation of LGBT: 1 22 9 1 8 4 50 5
  8. オカマ: (slang, sometimes offensive) a man who behaves or speaks like a woman; a womanly man
    Sense id: en-おかま-ja-noun-WdDitc5J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: お焦げ (okoge) (ruby: ()) (english: burnt residual food; fag hag), おなべ (onabe) (english: lesbian; trans man; stew pot) [literally], オネエ (onē) (english: a feminine man)

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