呻き声

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うめ
Hyōgaiji
こえ > ごえ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 呻き (umeki, groan, moan) + (koe, sound). The koe changes to goe as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

呻き声 (hiragana うめきごえ, rōmaji umekigoe, historical hiragana うめきごゑ)

  1. groan, moan

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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