See also: 飞蝗

Chinese

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to fly locust
trad. (飛蝗)
simp. (飞蝗)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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飛蝗

  1. migratory locust

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
こう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

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()(こう) (hikō

  1. migratory locust

Etymology 2

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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 Hyōgai
irregular

Pronunciation

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Noun

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飛蝗(ばった) or 飛蝗(バッタ) (batta

  1. a grasshopper

References

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  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, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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