🌏 Region(s): North (Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi), Kanto (Tochigi), Chubu (Niigata, Yamanashi), Kansai (Hyogo, Kyoto)
べこ【牛】 : beko | define meaning
beko
Definition
Noun
- 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 こ【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 め【雌】 me "female (animal)".
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | 牛 |
Kana | べこ |
Romanization | beko |
意味:うし【牛】