鴨茅

Chinese

		duck	thatch
trad. (鴨茅)		鴨	茅
simp. (鸭茅)		鸭	茅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yamáo
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-mao²
    • Yale: yā-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iamau
    • Palladius: ямао (jamao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

鴨茅

1. Dactylis glomerata; orchard grass

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴨	茅
かも Jinmeiyō	かや > がや Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “duck thatch grass”, 鴨(かも) (kamo, “duck”) + 茅(かや) (kaya, “grass used in thatch”). The kaya changes to gaya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞ɡa̠ja̠]

Noun

鴨(かも)茅(がや) or 鴨茅(カモガヤ) • (kamogaya) 

1. orchard grass, Dactylis glomerata

Usage notes

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