やまびこ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
山彦山びこ

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 彦 (hiko, “boy”). The hiko changes to biko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やまびこ [yàmábíkó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
(Tokyo) やまびこ [yàmáꜜbìkò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠bʲiko̞]

Noun

やまびこ • (yamabiko) ^{←やまびこ (yamabiko)^?}

mountain god
echo reverberating through the mountains
- 2021, ことりっぷ富山 [Quietish Toyama], Shobunsha, page 90:
  
  ③ 探検(たんけん)心(しん)をくすぐる「やまびこ遊歩道(ゆほどう)」のトンネル
  ③ tankenshin o kusuguru “yamabiko yuhodō” no tonneru
  3. Tickles the exploring heart, the "Reverberating Yūhodō" tunnel

References

“山彦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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