呻き声

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うめ
Hyōgai
こえ > ごえ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
呻き聲 (kyūjitai)
うめき声

Etymology

Compound of 呻き (umeki, groan, moan) +‎ (koe, sound). The koe changes to goe as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(うめ)(ごえ) • (umekigoeうめきごゑ (umekigowe)?

  1. groan, moan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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