やまびこ
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Japanese[edit]
| Alternative spellings |
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| 山彦 山びこ |
Etymology[edit]
From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 彦 (hiko, “boy”). The hiko changes to biko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) やまびこ [yàmábíkó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) やまびこ [yàmáꜜbìkò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠bʲiko̞]
Noun[edit]
やまびこ • (yamabiko) ←やまびこ (yamabiko)?
- mountain god
- echo reverberating through the mountains
- 2021, ことりっぷ富山 [Quietish Toyama], Shobunsha, page 90:
- ③ 探検心をくすぐる「やまびこ遊歩道」のトンネル
- ③ tankenshin o kusuguru “yamabiko yuhodō” no tonneru
- 3. Tickles the exploring heart, the "Reverberating Yūhodō" tunnel
- ③ 探検心をくすぐる「やまびこ遊歩道」のトンネル
References[edit]
- ^ “山彦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN