🌏 Region(s): North (Iwate, Miyagi), Chubu (Aichi, Gifu), Kyushu (Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki), Ryukyu (Amami)
びき【蛙・蟆・蟇・蟾】 : biki | define meaning
biki
Pronunciation: [biki]
Definition
Noun
- Frog
Etymology
Cognate to Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kagoshima (Takarajima & Nakanoshima), Miyazaki, Iwate, Miyagi, Aichi, Gifu (etc.) びき biki; Amami びき biki; North Sendai びっき bikki "frog". Related to Northern Kyushu, Fukuoka and Kumamoto びきたん bikitan; Miyazaki びきたろ bikitaro "frog"; Saga たんなんびき tannanbiki; Eastern and Southern Shikoku おんびき onbiki and おんびきさん onbikisan "toad"; and Okinawan あたびち atabichi, あたびー atabii, and あたびちゃー atabichaa "frog". Cognate to the standard Japanese variant ひき hiki "toad".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 蛙 蟆 蟇 蟾 |
| Kana | びき |
| Romanization | biki |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [biki] |
意味：かえる【蛙】
Categories:
蛙
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). びき【蛙・蟆・蟇・蟾】 : biki | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1075/biki/.