ウシバエ

Japanese

Etymology

From 牛 (ushi, “bull; cow”) +‎ 蝿 (hae, “fly”). The hae reading for 蝿 changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ウシバエ [ùshíꜜbàè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ウシバエ [ùshíbáé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɕiba̠e̞]

Noun

ウシバエ • (ushibae) ^{←ウシバヘ (usibafe)?}

1. a warble fly