小浜

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
はま > ばま
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
小濱 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (o, small, little) + (hama, beach, shore). The hama changes to bama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばま [òbámá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ba̠ma̠]

Proper noun

()(ばま) • (Obama) 

  1. Obama (a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
はま
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
小濱 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (o, small, little) + (hama, beach, shore).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はま [òhámá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ha̠ma̠]

Proper noun

()(はま) • (Ohama) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
はま
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
小濱 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (ko, small, little) + (hama, beach, shore).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はま [kòhámá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ha̠ma̠]

Proper noun

()(はま) • (Kohama) 

  1. a surname

Yaeyama

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S
Alternative spelling
小濱 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Kuroshima) IPA(key): /kubama/

Proper noun

小浜(くばま) (Kubama) 

  1. (Kuroshima) Kohama (island in the Yaeyama region)

Etymology 2

Devoicing of the above form.

Pronunciation

  • (Hateruma) IPA(key): /kupama/

Proper noun

小浜(くぱま) (Kupama) 

  1. (Hateruma) Kohama (island in the Yaeyama region)

Pronunciation

  • (Taketomi) IPA(key): /kumãː/

Proper noun

小浜(くまーん) (Kumān) 

  1. (Taketomi) Kohama (island in the Yaeyama region)
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