べろ
Japanese
Etymology
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| ベロ |
Attested in the mid-Edo period.
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Pronunciation
Noun
べろ or ベロ • (bero)
- (anatomy, colloquial) the tongue
- Synonym: 舌 (shita)
- (by extension) an object shaped like a tongue
- (by extension, historical, colloquial) synonym of 小判 (koban): a small oval gold coin with a face value of one ryō
- (regional, colloquial) a cow
- Synonym: べこ (beko)
Derived terms
- べろべろ (berobero), ぺろぺろ (peropero, onomatopoeia for licking)
- べりべり (beriberi, onomatopoeia for something or someone talkative)
- べろり (berori), ぺろり (perori)
- べろん (beron)
- せんべろ (senbero)