ウグイ

Japanese

ウグイ (ugui): a Japanese dace.

Alternative forms

• 石斑魚
• 鯎

Etymology

Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating, gobbling”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ウグイ [ùgúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɡɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

ウグイ or うぐい • (ugui) ^{←うぐひ (ugufi)?}

1. the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae

Usage notes

Although there are two possible kanji spellings, as with many less-common plant and animal names, this word is more often spelled in katakana.

Synonyms

• 丸太(まるた) (maruta)