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])[1]
IPA^(key): [e̞te̞ko̞ː]

Noun

猿公(えてこう) • (etekō)

monkey, especially anthropomorphized

See also

得手(えて) (ete)
得手吉(えてきち) (etekichi)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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