蚊の姥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚊 姥
か
Grade: S 		うば > おば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi irregular
Kanji in this term
蚊 姥
か
Grade: S 		うば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 姥 (uba, “granny”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かのうば [kà nó úꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ no̞ ɯ̟ba̠]
  • (Tokyo) かのおば [kà nó óꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ no̞ o̞ba̠]

Noun

蚊(か)の姥(うば) or 蚊(カ)の姥(ウバ) • (ka no uba)  (alternative reading hiragana かのおば, katakana カノオバ, rōmaji ka no oba)

  1. synonym of 大蚊 (gaganbo, “cranefly”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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