Etymology

manokit

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Today it means: A fictional species of furry (animal-like character with human-like characteristics) creatures with a shark-like tail, fin, digitigrade legs, raptor-like back arch, short arms with digital pads and a canid body and face. Full definition →

Hawaiian manō ← Japanese 狐
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The story

  1. Japanese · derived from狐“fox”
  2. Hawaiian · derived frommanō“shark”
  3. English todaymanokit

Blend of Hawaiian manō (“shark”) + Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). Coined by open species creator DubMutt in December 2016.

Words from the same roots

Japanese狐 all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.