べこ
See also: へこ, へご, and べご
Japanese
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Etymology
First attested in the late 18th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) べこ [béꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [be̞ko̞]
Noun
べこ (katakana ベコ, rōmaji beko)
- (dialectal, Tōhoku) a cow
- Synonym: べご (bego) (variation more common further north)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN