ウグイ
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) + 食い (kui, “eating, gobbling”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ウグイ or うぐい • (ugui) ←うぐひ (ugufi)?
- the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae
Usage notes
[edit]Although there are two possible kanji spellings, as with many less-common plant and animal names, this word is more often spelled in katakana.
Synonyms
[edit]- 丸太 (maruta)