やまびこ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
山彦
山びこ

Etymology

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

Noun

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  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
  1. “山彦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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