猿公

Japanese
Kanji in this term
猿 公
えてこう
Grade: S Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
エテ公

Etymology

The spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えてこ​ー [ètékóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞te̞ko̞ː]

Noun

猿公(えてこう) • (etekō) 

  1. monkey, especially anthropomorphized

See also

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