海亀
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 海 | 亀 |
| うみ Grade: 2 |
かめ > がめ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 海龜 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From 海 (umi, “sea”) + 亀 (kame, “turtle”). The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) うみがめ [ùmígámé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) うみがめ [ùmíꜜgàmè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟mʲiɡa̠me̞]
Noun
[edit]- a sea turtle
- Ellipsis of ウミガメのスープ (umigame no sūpu, “situation puzzle”).
Usage notes
[edit]- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウミガメ.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 海 read as うみ
- Japanese terms spelled with 亀 read as かめ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese ellipses
- ja:Turtles