ウシバエ
Japanese
Etymology
From 牛 (ushi, “bull; cow”) + 蝿 (hae, “fly”). The hae reading for 蝿 changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁). .
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ウシバエ [ùshíꜜbàè] (Nakadaka – [2])
- (Tokyo) ウシバエ [ùshíbáé] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕiba̠e̞]
Noun
ウシバエ (rōmaji ushibae, historical katakana ウシバヘ)
- a warble fly