おちぼ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
落ち穂 落穂

Etymology

From 落(お)ち (ochi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 落(お)ちる (ochiru).”) + 穂(ほ) (ho). The ho changes to bo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​ちぼ [óꜜchìbò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) おちぼ [òchíbó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞t͡ɕibo̞]

Noun

おちぼ • (ochibo) ^{←おちぼ (otibo)?}

1. fallen ear of grain