Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うめ
Hyōgaiji
こえ > ごえ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
呻き聲 (kyūjitai)
うめき声

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(うめ)(ごえ) (umekigoeうめきごゑ (umekigowe)?

  1. groan, moan

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN