三味線貝
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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三 | 味 | 線 | 貝 |
しゃ Grade: 1 (ateji) | み Grade: 3 (ateji) | せん Grade: 2 | かい > がい Grade: 1 |
Irregular | goon | on’yomi | kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 三味線 (shamisen, a Japanese plucked string instrument) + 貝 (kai, “shellfish”).
The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). .
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しゃみせんがい [shàmíséꜜǹgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɕa̠mʲisẽ̞ŋɡa̠i]
Noun
三味線貝 • (shamisengai) (historical kana しやみせんがひ)
- a lamp shell, lingulate brachiopod of the family Lingulidae
- Synonym: 女冠者 (mekaja, dialectal)
- Hypernym: 腕足類 (wansokurui)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as シャミセンガイ.
Coordinate terms
- 酸漿貝 (hōzukigai, “lampshell excluding the lingulate brachiopods”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN