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やまびこ

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
山彦
山びこ

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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やまびこ • (yamabiko) ←やまびこ (yamabiko)?

  1. mountain god
  2. echo reverberating through the mountains
    • 2021, ことりっぷ富山 [Quietish Toyama], Shobunsha, page 90:
      ③ 探検(たんけん)心(しん)をくすぐる「やまびこ遊歩道(ゆほどう)」のトンネル
      ③ tankenshin o kusuguru “yamabiko yuhodō” no tonneru
      3. Tickles the exploring heart, the "Reverberating Yūhodō" tunnel

References

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  1. ^ “山彦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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