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べー・べえ

bee

Definition

Noun

  1. Calf; calves; cow; cows; cattle

Etymology

Cognate to Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Oita べべ bebe; to Hyogo, Hiroshima, Tottori, Nagasaki and Oita べーべ beebe; to Shizuoka, Mie, Miyazaki and Oita べー bee; to Nagano and Nagasaki べーぼ beebo "calf; cow"; to Nagano ぼーぼー boobo; to Kanagawa and Kagoshima もー moo; Shizuoka もーん moon; Kanagawa もーや mooya; and to Kagoshima and Miyazaki べぶ bebu "cow". Possibly of onomatopoeic origin or related to the prefix 【雌】 me "female (animal)".

Also related to Hyogo べーこ beeko; Tottori べーべのこ【べーべの子】 beebenoko; Shimane めーのこ meenoko; Shimane, Kagawa, Nagasaki and Oita べべんこ【べべん子】 bebenko; and Kagoshima and Miyazaki べぶんこ【べぶん子】 bebunko "calf". Also related to Tohoku べご bego; Tohoku, Tochigi, Niigata, Yamanashi, Hyogo and Kyoto べこ beko "cow"; Fukushima べーこ beeko; Iwate べーご beego; Gunma べご bego; Aomori べごっこ begokko; Yamanashi べごこ begoko; and Ainu ペコ peko "cow".

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Kanaべー
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Romanizationbee

意味:こうし【子牛・仔牛】、うし【牛】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). べー・べえ : bee | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 13, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2725/bee/.