田鰻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
田	鰻
た Grade: 1	うなぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 田(た) (ta, “paddy”) + 鰻(うなぎ) (unagi, “eel”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たうなぎ [tàúꜜnàgì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ɯ̟na̠ɡʲi]

Noun

田(た)鰻(うなぎ) or 田鰻(タウナギ) • (taunagi)

Asian swamp eel, Monopterus albus
Synonyms: 革蛇 (kawahebi, literally “river snake”), 黄鱔 (wanshan)

Usage notes

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

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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