へへ
See also: べべ
Japanese
Etymology
/hehe/: *[pepe] → [fefe] → [hehe]. Until the 17th century, Japanese /h/ was realized as [ɸ], hence the below Nippo Jisho citation. Cognate with べべ (bebe).
Pronunciation
Noun
- female genitalia; vagina
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 219:
- Fefe. ヘヘ (へへ) すなわち、女性の陰部.
- 1775, Butsurui Shōko (page 30)
- 陰 へへ つび 奥羽及越路又尾張邊にて べべといふ 關西關東ともにべゞといふは小兒の衣服の事なり 下總にてそゝといふ 此外男女の陰名國々異名多し 略す 江戸にて物のそゝけたつなどいふ詞有 和泉及遠江邊にてはぼゞけたつと云。江戸にてはさはいはれぬことばなり
Synonyms
See also
- べべ (bebe)
References
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
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