鸚鵡貝

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
鸚	鵡	貝
おう Hyōgaiji	む Hyōgaiji	かい > がい Grade: 1
kan’on	goon	kun’yomi

オウムガイ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From 鸚鵡 (ōmu, “cockatoo”) +‎ 貝 (kai, “shellfish”). Compare Chinese 鸚鵡螺／鹦鹉螺 (yīngwǔluó), Korean 앵무조개 (aengmujogae), Vietnamese ốc anh vũ.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) おーむがい [òómúꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːmɯ̟ᵝɡa̠i]

Noun edit

鸚(おう)鵡(む)貝(がい) or 鸚鵡貝(オウムガイ) • (ōmugai) ^{←あうむがひ (aumugafi) or オウムガヒ (oumugafi)^?}

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References edit

^ 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

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