穴子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穴	子
あな Grade: 6	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
𫙕

Etymology

Compound of 穴 (ana, “hole”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”). The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あなご [ànágó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠na̠ɡo̞]

Noun

穴(あな)子(ご) or 穴子(アナゴ) • (anago)

conger eel

Derived terms

真(ま)穴(あな)子(ご) (ma-anago)
狆(ちん)穴(あな)子(ご) (chin-anago)

Descendants

Korean: 아나고 (anago)

References

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