See also: 飞蝗

Chinese edit

to fly locust
trad. (飛蝗)
simp. (飞蝗)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

飛蝗

  1. migratory locust

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
こう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun edit

()(こう) (hikō

  1. migratory locust

Etymology 2 edit

Likely from Ainu パタ (pata, locust, grasshopper). Compare the possibly related Ainu words パタパタㇰセ (patapatakse, jump about, snap off) and パッチェ (patche, fly about, spray, explode).[1]


Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Hyōgaiji
irregular

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

飛蝗(ばった) or 飛蝗(バッタ) (batta

  1. a grasshopper

References edit

  1. ^ 1905, Batchelor, An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, Tōkyō: Methodist Publishing House.
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN