飛蝗

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Chinese

to fly locust
trad. (飛蝗) 飛 蝗
simp. (飞蝗) 飞 蝗

Pronunciation

Noun

飛蝗

  1. migratory locust

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
飛 蝗
ひ
Grade: 4 		こう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

飛(ひ)蝗(こう) • (hikō) 

  1. migratory locust

Etymology 2

Likely from Ainu パタ (pata, “locust, grasshopper”). Compare the possibly related Ainu words パタパタㇰセ (patapatakse, “jump about, snap off”) and パッチェ (patche, “fly about, spray, explode”).[1]


Kanji in this term
飛 蝗
Grade: 4 Hyōgai
irregular

Pronunciation

Noun

飛蝗(ばった) or 飛蝗(バッタ) • (batta) 

  1. a grasshopper

References

  1. ^ 1905, Batchelor, An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, Tōkyō: Methodist Publishing House.
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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