kemo sabeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• kemosabi
• kemo sabe
• ke-mo sah-bee

語源

Coined for the 1938 Lone Ranger television serial. Further etymology uncertain:

• Some trace the word through the Kee-Mo Sah-Bee summer camp in Michigan to Ojibwe giimoozaabi (“he spies”). See more at Wikipedia.
• Alternatively, from a corruption of Spanish quien lo sabe "(he) who knows". (Can this etymology be sourced?)

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名詞

kemosabe (plural not attested)

1. (colloquial) An appellation given to a wise, trustworthy friend.

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