べろ

Japanese

Etymology

Attested in the mid-Edo period.

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

べろ or ベロ • (bero) 

1. (anatomy, colloquial) the tongue

   Synonym: 舌 (shita)

2. (by extension) an object shaped like a tongue
3. (by extension, historical, colloquial) Synonym of 小判 (koban): a small oval gold coin with a face value of one ryō
4. (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)