まきがい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
巻き貝 巻貝

Etymology

From 巻(ま)き (maki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 巻(ま)く (maku)) + 貝(かい) (kai). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まきがい [màkíꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠kʲiɡa̠i]

Noun

まきがい • (makigai) ^{←まきがひ (makigafi)?}

1. conch