幽霊蜘蛛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幽 霊 蜘 蛛
ゆう
Grade: S 		れい
Grade: S 		くも > ぐも
Hyōgai Hyōgai
on'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
幽靈蜘蛛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 幽霊(ゆうれい) (yūrei, “ghost”) + 蜘蛛(くも) (kumo, “spider”). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ゆうれーぐも [yùúréégúꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ːɾe̞ːɡɯ̟mo̞]

Noun

幽(ゆう)霊(れい)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 幽霊蜘蛛(ユウレイグモ) • (yūreigumo) ←いうれいぐも (iureigumo) or イウレイグモ (iureigumo)?

  1. a cellar spider

References

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