銀鱈

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Chinese

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silver; money codfish; Gadus macrocephalus
trad. (銀鱈)
simp. (银鳕)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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銀鱈

  1. sablefish

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぎん
Grade: 3
たら > だら
Hyōgai
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
銀だら
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Etymology

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From (ぎん) (gin, silver) + (たら) (tara). The tara changes to dara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぎん)(だら) or 銀鱈(ギンダラ) (gindaraぎんだら (gindara)?

  1. sablefish

Usage notes

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  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN