めこ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of めこ – see the following entry.
【女子】
[noun] wife and child
[noun] wife
[noun] a female child; girl
[noun] a woman
(This term, めこ (meko), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
妻子

From 妻(め) (me) + 子(こ) (ko), probably influenced by Middle Chinese 妻子 (MC tshej tsiX).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [me̞ko̞]

Noun

めこ • (meko) ←めこ (meko)?

  1. (Classical Japanese) wife and children
Synonyms
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