Ookami or Okami?

[Bertie91]

which is the correct spelling to mean wolf iv been trying to search and some people say one O and others say it is Oo

any help would be much appreciated

[Cold_Raven]

I have no help, just some ramblings.

Perhaps the "correct" spelling depends on who you talk to. Like English words such as favorite vs. favourite. Both are "correct." One's just a bit more British.

I can tell you that the video game only uses one "O" though Okami

[Tam_Hawkins]

http://www.wadoku.de/entry/view/1573766

Wadoku says Okami but for some reason the Hiragana writes oogami... i asume both works.

Edit: one think maybe: the japanese language sometimes puts an additional O in front of a word with the intend to be more polite, but i'm not sure i that works with something like wolf (i've only started to learn the language so my knowledge is very limited)

Edit 2:
Maybe i add the writting for it:
おおかみ
お = O
か = Ka
み = Mi

as you see 2 Os but the word in Arabic letters has an ō instead of OO.

[lololink]

Ookami or Ôkami ( long o ) :
http://jisho.org/search/ookami

http://www.wadoku.de/entry/view/1573766

Wadoku says Okami but for some reason the Hiragana writes oogami... i asume both works.

It's written ōkami so it's a long o.

[Bertie91]

okii thanks for your help i think im going to go Ookami again tyvm for the help

[Riepah]

I can tell you that the video game only uses one "O" though Okami

That - above the O is what matters, though, signifying that it's a long O, not a normal one. Ookami is more correct I'd say.

[Tam_Hawkins]

Ookami or Ôkami ( long o ) :
http://jisho.org/search/ookami


It's written ōkami so it's a long o.

Got me between the edits^^
Dont know the ō because it dosn't exist in my language but that would explain it^^

[Conradus]

which is the correct spelling to mean wolf iv been trying to search and some people say one O and others say it is Oo

any help would be much appreciated

"Correct" spelling in these cases is a matter of taste, since these words are not normally spelled with the Latin alphabet. The first syllable is a long "o", so Ookami might be regarded as more correct. Or you could put a macron over the o, if your text entry allows it.

[Jeykama]

Tbh it really doesn't matter. The Japanese way of romanticizing their alphabet (which is called nihonshiki romaji) doesn't distinguish between short, long O (ou), or double O (oo) sounds. In Hepburn romaji (which is what you're taught in English > Japanese classes for learning purposes) it is spelled Ookami, but in nihonshiki it's just Okami. Which leads to all sorts of puns about dogs and gods like a certain video game.

[Fenral]

okii thanks for your help i think im going to go Ookami again tyvm for the help

But it's only "ookami" if you use the kanji on its own. Otherwise (with another kanji, like in a Doman name) it's "rou."