🌏 Region(s): Shikoku (Tokushima: Awa)
はめ【蝮】 : hame | define meaning
hame
Definition
Noun
- Poisonous snake; poisonous serpent; pit viper
Etymology
Cognate to standard Japanese はみ【蝮】 hami "pit viper". Related to Fukui へぶ hebu and ひぶ hibu; Kagoshima へっ heq; Koshikijima へーぶ heebu; Takarajima へぶ hebu; Okinoerabu ひび hibi; Okinawan はぶ habu; standard Japanese へび【蛇】 hebi "snake".
意味：どくじゃ・どくへび【毒蛇】、まむし【蝮】