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べこ【牛】

beko

Definition

Noun

  1. Cow; cows; cattle

Etymology

Cognate 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". Closely related to Hyogo べーこ beeko; Tottori べーべのこ beebenoko; Shimane めーのこ meenoko; Shimane, Kagawa, Nagasaki and Oita べべんこ bebenko; and Kagoshima and Miyazaki べぶんこ bebunko "calf". Derived from [root], the genitive particle の no or ん n, and the diminutive suffix 【子】 ko.

Related 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)".

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意味:うし【牛】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). べこ【牛】 : beko | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2726/beko/.