山彦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	彦
やま Grade: 1	ひこ > びこ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 山彦 – see the following entry.

【やまびこ】 [noun] mountain god [noun] echo reverberating through the mountains Alternative spelling 山びこ

(This term, 山彦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Kunigami

Kanji in this term
山	彦
やまー Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jàmàːꜛbíꜜkù] (tone class C)

Noun

山彦(やまーびく) (yamābikhu) 

1. mountain god
2. echo reverberating through the mountains

References

• Nakasone, Seizen (仲宗根政善) (1983) 沖縄今帰仁方言辞典 [Okinawa Nakijin Dialect Dictionary], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shōten (角川商店), page 582

Northern Amami-Oshima

Kanji in this term
山	彦
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Yama-n-bō. Needs sources and I'm too lazy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamanbo/

Noun

山彦(やまんぼ) (yamanbo) 

1. mountain god
2. echo reverberating through the mountains

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
山	彦
やま Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jāmābīkū] (tone class BC)

Noun

山彦(やまびく) (yamabiku) 

1. echo reverberating through the mountains

   Synonym: やまひびく (yamahibiku)

References

• National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (2001 [1963]) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Zaimushō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 275

Yaeyama

Kanji in this term
山	彦
やま Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jámábíkú/

Noun

山彦(やまびく) (yamabiku) 

1. (neologism) echo reverberating through the mountains

Yoron

Kanji in this term
山	彦
やま Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jàmàbìꜛkú] (tone class B)

Noun

山彦(やまびく) (yamabiku) 

1. echo reverberating through the mountains

References

• Kiku, Chiyo, Takahashi, Toshizō (2005) 与論方言辞典 [Yoron Dialect Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Musashinoshoin, page 604