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])
• IPA^(key): [e̞te̞ko̞ː]

Noun

猿公(えてこう) • (etekō) 

1. monkey, especially anthropomorphized

See also

• 得手(えて) (ete)
• 得手吉(えてきち) (etekichi)