赤べこ

Japanese
赤べこ (akabeko): an example of the red cow toy souvenir from Aizu.
Kanji in this term
赤
あか
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ べこ (beko, “cow”, dialectal word from the northeast of Japan).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠be̞ko̞]

Noun

赤(あか)べこ • (akabeko) 

  1. a red papier-mâché bobblehead cow toy, a kind of regional omiyage regarded as symbolic of the Aizu region of Japan

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. “赤べこ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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