鴨茅
Chinese
editduck | thatch | ||
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trad. (鴨茅) | 鴨 | 茅 | |
simp. (鸭茅) | 鸭 | 茅 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yamáo
- Wade–Giles: ya1-mao2
- Yale: yā-máu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iamau
- Palladius: ямао (jamao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
edit鴨茅
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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鴨 | 茅 |
かも Jinmeiyō |
かや > がや Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
editLiterally, “duck thatch grass”, 鴨 (kamo, “duck”) + 茅 (kaya, “grass used in thatch”). The kaya changes to gaya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editUsage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
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- Mandarin nouns
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- Chinese terms spelled with 茅
- zh:Poeae tribe grasses
- Japanese terms spelled with 鴨 read as かも
- Japanese terms spelled with 茅 read as かや
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
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- Japanese lemmas
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- ja:Poeae tribe grasses