おぼこ

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • おぼっこ (obokko)
  • ぼっこ (bokko)
  • ぼこ (boko)
  • ぼぼこ (boboko)
  • おぼ (obo)
  • ぼぼ (bobo)
  • ぼぼさま (bobosama)
  • ぼぼさ (bobosa)
  • ぼんぼ (bonbo)
  • おんぼ (onbo)
  • ぼんぼこ (bonboko)
  • ぼこたち (bokotachi)
  • おぼこさん (obokosan)
  • ぼぼこめ (bobokome)
  • ぼこさん (bokosan)
  • おぼこのせる (obokonoseru)
  • おぼこさま (obokosama)
  • おんぼこさん (onbokosan)
  • おんぼくさん (onbokusan)
  • おんばくさん (onbakusan)

Noun

おぼこ • (oboko) 

  1. (Tōhoku, Tokyo-Oshima, Kanagawa, Chūbu, Tokushima) baby
    おぼこが生(う)まれた
    oboko ga umareta
    A baby was born. (Akita-Kazuno dialect)
  2. (Tōhoku, Tokyo-Oshima, Gunma, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano) child
  3. (Aomori, Yamagata, Nagano) boy
  4. (Yamagata, Kanagawa, Niigata, Wakayama, Chūgoku, Shikoku) daughter
  5. (Aomori, Fukushima, Wakayama, Tokushima) a child who is unaware of society
  6. (Niigata, Nagano, Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Shimane, Ehime, Ōita) doll
  7. (Osaka, Wakayama, Tottori, Hiroshima, Shimane) bobbed hair
  8. (Fukushima, Kagawa) name of a hairstyle in a celebration of a young girl's new year
  9. (Fukushima) ball
  10. (Aichi) kotatsu
  11. (Aichi) New year mochi offerred with a small one on top
  12. (Aichi) young striped mullet
  13. (Niigata, Yamanashi, Shizuoka) silkworm
  14. (Niigata) tadpole

References

  • Shōgaku Tosho (尚学図書) (1989) 日本方言大辞典 [Unabridged Japanese Dialect Dictionary], volume 1, Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN, page 451
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