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).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

小(お)浜(ばま) • (Obama) 

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

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”).

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
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