山彦

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

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

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

山(やま)彦(びこ) • (yamabiko) 

1. mountain god
2. echo reverberating through the mountains

   Synonym: 木霊 (kodama)

   • 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

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko).

• IPA^(key): [jàmàːꜛbíꜜkù] (tone class C)

山彦(やまーびく) (yamābiku) 

1. mountain god
2. echo reverberating through the mountains

• Nakasone, Seizen (仲宗根政善) (1983) 沖縄今帰仁方言辞典 [Okinawa Nakijin Dialect Dictionary], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shōten (角川商店), page 582

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Yama-n-bō. Needs sources and I'm too lazy”)

• IPA^(key): /jamanbo/

山彦(やまんぼ) (yamanbo) 

1. mountain god
2. echo reverberating through the mountains

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko).

• IPA^(key): [jāmābīkū] (tone class BC)

山彦(やまびく) (yamabiku) 

1. echo reverberating through the mountains

   Synonym: やまひびく (yamahibiku)

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 275

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko).

• IPA^(key): /jámábíkú/

山彦(やまびく) (yamabiku) 

1. (neologism) echo reverberating through the mountains

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)彦(びこ) (yamabiko).

• IPA^(key): [jàmàbìꜛkú] (tone class B)

山彦(やまびく) (yamabiku) 

1. echo reverberating through the mountains

• Kiku, Chiyo, Takahashi, Toshizō (2005) 与論方言辞典 [Yoron Dialect Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Musashinoshoin, page 604