まきがい
Japanese
Alternative spellings |
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巻き貝 巻貝 |
Etymology
From 巻き (maki, “連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 巻く (maku).”) + 貝 (kai). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) まきがい [màkíꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ma̠kʲiɡa̠i]
Noun
まきがい • (makigai) ←まきがひ (makigafi)?
- conch
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN