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

IPA^(key): [he̞he̞]

Noun

へへ (rōmaji hehe)

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

ほと (hoto)
まんこ (manko)
みと (mito)
おまんこ (omanko)
おめこ (omeko)
おそそ (ososo)
そそ (soso)
つび (tsubi)

References

Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
Tōjō, Misao (1941) Butsurui Shōko (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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