"木霊" meaning in All languages combined

See 木霊 on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ko̞da̠ma̠] Forms: 木霊 [canonical] (ruby: 木霊(こたま)), kotama [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 木(こ) (ko, “tree”) + 霊(たま) (tama, “spirit”). /ko/ is an older and apophonic form of /ki/ found in compounds. Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|木|こ|霊|たま|t1=tree|t2=spirit}} 木(こ) (ko, “tree”) + 霊(たま) (tama, “spirit”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こたま}} 木霊(こたま) • (kotama)
  1. a tree spirit; the protective deity of a tree
    Sense id: en-木霊-ja-noun--UfhMp4a Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Religion Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Religion: 50 50 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Sound Disambiguation of Sound: 0 0 0

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ko̞da̠ma̠] Forms: 木霊 [canonical] (ruby: (), (だま)), kodama [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 木(こ) (ko, “tree”) + 霊(たま) (tama, “spirit”). /ko/ is an older and apophonic form of /ki/ found in compounds. Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|木|こ|霊|たま|t1=tree|t2=spirit}} 木(こ) (ko, “tree”) + 霊(たま) (tama, “spirit”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こだま}} 木(こ)霊(だま) • (kodama)
  1. a tree spirit; the protective deity of a tree
    Sense id: en-木霊-ja-noun--UfhMp4a1 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Religion Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Religion: 50 50 0
  2. echo in valleys, mountains, off walls, etc.
    Sense id: en-木霊-ja-noun-WQ-Y9DJF Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 26 26 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 26 26 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 22 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 13 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Sound Disambiguation of Sound: 0 0 0
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Download raw JSONL data for 木霊 meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)

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