沖巨頭

沖巨頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沖	巨	頭
おき Grade: 4	ご > ごん Grade: S	とう > どう Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

Etymology

沖 (oki, “open sea”) +‎ 巨頭 (gondō, from 巨頭鯨 (gondōkujira, “short-finned pilot whale”))

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) おきご​んどー [òkígóꜜǹdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [o̞kʲiɡõ̞ndo̞ː]

Noun

沖(おき)巨(ごん)頭(どう) • (okigondō) 

1. a false killer whale