小浜

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	浜
お Grade: 1	はま > ばま Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
小濱 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 小 (o, “small, little”) +‎ 浜 (hama, “beach, shore”). The hama changes to bama as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Piecewise doublet of etymology 2.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

小(お)浜(ばま) • (Obama) 

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	浜
お Grade: 1	はま Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
小濱 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 小 (o, “small, little”) +‎ 浜 (hama, “beach, shore”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 1.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

小(お)浜(はま) • (Ohama) 

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
小	浜
こ Grade: 1	はま Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
小濱 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 浜 (hama, “beach, shore”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

小(こ)浜(はま) • (Kohama) 

1. a surname

Yaeyama

Kanji in this term
小	浜
Grade: 1	Grade: S

Alternative spelling
小濱 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

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)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Taketomi) IPA^(key): /kumãː/

Proper noun

小浜(くまーん) (Kumān) 

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