鸚鵡貝

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鸚 鵡 貝
おう
Hyōgaiji		 む
Hyōgaiji		 かい > がい
Grade: 1
kan’on goon kun’yomi

Etymology

From 鸚鵡 (ōmu, “cockatoo”) +‎ 貝 (kai, “shellfish”). Compare Chinese 鸚鵡螺, Korean 앵무조개 (aengmujogae), Vietnamese ốc anh vũ.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おーむ​がい [òómúꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːmɯ̟ᵝɡa̠i]

Noun

鸚鵡貝 (hiragana おうむがい, katakana オウムガイ, rōmaji ōmugai, historical hiragana あうむがひ, historical katakana オウムガヒ)

  1. a nautilus

References
  1. 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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