やまびく
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. The underlying pre-form could be derived *yamabekU.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]やまびく (yamabikhu)
- (Ie) a type of lizard
Usage notes
[edit]This lizard is described as small, long, and narrow (小さくて細長い), and crawls on the top of trees, greens, etc (木の上や葉っぱの上を這う).
References
[edit]- Oshio, Mutsuko (生塩睦子) (1999) 沖縄伊江島方言辞典 [Dictionary of the Ie-jima dialect of Okinawa] (in Japanese), Ie-son (伊江村): Ie-son Kyōiku Iinkai (伊江村教育委員会), page 414
Okinawan
[edit]Alternative spelling |
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山彦 |
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 山彦 (yamabiko).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]やまびく (yamabiku)
- 山彦: echo reverberating through the mountains
- Synonym: やまひびく (yamahibiku)
- Ryūka Zenshū
- 恋の 奥山に 深く 踏み迷て 谷の 山びこの 音声ばかり
- KOI-no OKUYAMA-ni FUKAku FUmiMAYOte TANI-no YAMAbiko-no OTOGWEbakari
kui nu ukuyama ni fukaku fumimayuti tani nu yamabiku nu utugwi bakari - I wonder deep into the mountain of love; just the sounds of the echoes from the valley.
- KOI-no OKUYAMA-ni FUKAku FUmiMAYOte TANI-no YAMAbiko-no OTOGWEbakari
References
[edit]- Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 275
- Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 695
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