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

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamabeko. Cognate with Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko); perhaps a borrowing from Old Japanese.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jamābiku/

Noun

山彦(やまーびく) (yamābikhu) 

  1. mountain god
  2. echo reverberating through the mountains

Northern Amami-Oshima
Kanji in this term
山 彦
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *yamabeko, but the phonetic shift is unexplained.

Related to 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”).

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

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamabeko. Cognate with Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko); perhaps a borrowing from Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

山彦(やまびく) (yamabiku) 

  1. mountain god
  2. echo reverberating through the mountains

References
  1. 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963

Yaeyama
Kanji in this term
山 彦
やま
Grade: 1		 Jinmeiyō
Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamabeko. Cognate with Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko); perhaps a borrowing from Old Japanese.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jamabiki/

Noun

山彦(やまびき) (yamabiki) 

  1. mountain god
  2. echo reverberating through the mountains

Yoron
Kanji in this term
山 彦
やま
Grade: 1		 Jinmeiyō
Alternative spelling
山彥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamabeko. Cognate with Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko); perhaps a borrowing from Old Japanese.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jamabiku/

Noun

山彦(やまびく) (yamabiku) 

  1. mountain god
  2. echo reverberating through the mountains
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