飛蝗

See also: 飞蝗

Chinese
to fly locust
trad. (飛蝗) 飛 蝗
simp. (飞蝗) 飞 蝗

Pronunciation

Noun

飛蝗

  1. migratory locust

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
飛 蝗
ひ
Grade: 4		 こう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

飛(ひ)蝗(こう) • (hikō) 

  1. migratory locust

Etymology 2

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
飛 蝗
Grade: 4 Hyōgaiji
irregular

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

飛蝗(ばった) • (batta) 

  1. a grasshopper

References
  1. 1905, Batchelor, An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, Tōkyō: Methodist Publishing House.
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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