べろ

Japanese

Etymology

Attested in the mid-Edo period.

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) べろ [béꜜrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [be̞ɾo̞]

Noun

べろ or ベロ • (bero)

(anatomy, colloquial) the tongue
Synonym: 舌 (shita)
(by extension) an object shaped like a tongue
(by extension, historical, colloquial) Synonym of 小判 (koban): a small oval gold coin with a face value of one ryō
(regional, colloquial) a cow
Synonym: べこ (beko)

Derived terms

べろべろ (berobero), ぺろぺろ (peropero, onomatopoeia for licking)
べりべり (beriberi, onomatopoeia for something or someone talkative)
べろり (berori), ぺろり (perori)
- べろん (beron)
せんべろ (senbero)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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