柄長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柄	長
え Grade: S	なが Grade: 2
kun’yomi

エナガ or long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus

Etymology

Of 柄 (e, “handle”) +‎ 長 (naga, “long”). Both the generic sense and the bird species are attested from around the beginning of the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えなが [ènágá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞na̠ɡa̠]

Noun

柄(え)長(なが) or 柄長(エナガ) • (enaga) ^{←ゑなが (wenaga)?}

1. a vessel or receptacle with a long handle, or such a handle
3. a long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus

Derived terms

• 島柄長(しまえなが) (shimaenaga)

See also

• エナガ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• エナガ科 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja