海亀

海亀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	亀
うみ Grade: 2	かめ > がめ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

海 (umi, “sea”) +‎ 亀 (kame, “turtle”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うみがめ [ùmígámé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) うみ​がめ [ùmíꜜgàmè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲiɡa̠me̞]

Noun

海亀 (hiragana うみがめ, katakana ウミガメ, rōmaji umigame)

1. a sea turtle

Derived terms

• 赤 (アカ)海 (ウミ)亀 (ガメ) (akaumigame)
• 青 (アオ)海 (ウミ)亀 (ガメ) (aoumigame)
• 姫 (ヒメ)海 (ウミ)亀 (ガメ) (himeumigame)
• 平 (ヒラ)田 (タ)海 (ウミ)亀 (ガメ) (hirataumigame)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN