真鱈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真 鱈
ま
Grade: 3 		たら > だら
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
眞鱈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 真(ま) (ma, “true”) + 鱈(たら) (tara, “codfish”). The tara changes to dara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まだら [màdárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠da̠ɾa̠]

Noun

真(ま)鱈(だら) or 真鱈(マダラ) • (madara) 

  1. pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus

Usage notes

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

References

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