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おっきい Japanese meaning | Kotomora

おっきい

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Meanings

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i-adjective

big; large; great

usually written using kana alonecolloquial

Colloquial, slightly childish or affectionate version of 大きい. Often used in casual speech, especially with children or in friendly contexts.

See also: ちっちゃい

わあ、おっきい犬いぬだね！
Wow, that's a big dog!

このケーキ、おっきいからみんなで食たべよう。

This cake is big, so let's all eat it together.

Kanji

大large, big

Similar words

大おおきい
Standard word for 'big'. おっきい is a colloquial, softer variant often used in informal or child-directed speech.
ちっちゃい
Colloquial opposite meaning 'small', similar in tone to おっきい.

Etymology

Colloquial variant of 大きい (おおきい), with the long vowel shortened and a geminate consonant inserted. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely arose from casual, emphatic, or child-directed speech patterns.