羊雲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羊	雲
ひつじ Grade: 3	くも > ぐも Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 羊 (hitsuji, “sheep”) +‎ 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), due to resemblance to a flock of sheep. The kumo reading for 雲 changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひつじぐも [hìtsújígúꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çi̥t͡sɨʑiɡɯ̟mo̞]

Noun

羊(ひつじ)雲(ぐも) • (hitsujigumo)

synonym of 高積雲 (kōsekiun, “altocumulus”)

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

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

[NHK-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

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