蝸牛
See also: 蜗牛
Chinese edit
land snail | ox; cow; bull | ||
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trad. (蝸牛) | 蝸 | 牛 | |
simp. (蜗牛) | 蜗 | 牛 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
蝸牛
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 蝸牛 (“land snail”) [map]
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蝸 | 牛 |
か Hyōgaiji |
ぎゅう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 蝸牛/蜗牛 (kwæ ngjuw, literally “snail + cow”).
Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蝸 | 牛 |
Hyōgaiji | Grade: 2 |
irregular |
Alteration of katatsuburi, in turn a compound of 堅 (kata, stem of adjective 固い (katai, “hard”)) + つぶり (tsuburi, “small round thing”, cognate with 頭 (tsuburi, “head”), 粒 (tsubu, “grain or kernel of rice”)).[2][1]
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
蝸牛 or 蝸牛 • (katatsumuri)
- a snail
- 1999 March 18, “デビルツムリ [Devilsnail]”, in Starter Box, Konami:
- 闇の力で進化したカタツムリ。手や足があり、速く動ける。
- Yami no chikara de shinka shita katatsumuri. Te ya ashi ga ari, hayaku ugokeru.
- A snail that evolved with the help of dark power. It can move quickly now that it has limbs.
- 闇の力で進化したカタツムリ。手や足があり、速く動ける。
- 2000 April 20, “メカニカルスネイル [Mechanical Snail]”, in Magic Ruler -魔法の支配者-, Konami:
- 機械に改造されたカタツムリ。しかし、スピードはあまり変わらない。
- Kikai ni kaizō sareta katatsumuri. Shikashi, supīdo wa amari kawaranai.
- A snail that was mechanically enhanced, which didn’t make it any quicker.
- 機械に改造されたカタツムリ。しかし、スピードはあまり変わらない。
Usage notes edit
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カタツムリ.
Synonyms edit
- (snail): 舞舞 (maimai), 舞舞螺 (maimaitsuburi)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蝸 | 牛 |
Hyōgaiji | Grade: 2 |
irregular |
Alteration of ででむし (dedemushi, “snail”), itself a compound of でで (dede, from 出 (de, “come out”), from an old children's nursery rhyme calling for a snail to put out its eyestalks) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”).[2][1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
蝸牛 • (dendenmushi)
- a snail
Compounds edit
Compounds with irregular readings
- 薄皮蝸牛 (usukawamaimai)
- 左巻蝸牛 (hidarimakimaimai)
- 一条蝸牛 (hitosujimaimai)
- 蝸牛被 (maimaikaburi)
- 三条蝸牛 (misujimaimai)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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蝸 | 牛 |