鴎蔓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴎 蔓
かもめ
Hyōgai 		つる > づる
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
鷗蔓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally, “gull vine”, 鴎(かもめ) (kamome, “gull”) + 蔓(つる) (tsuru, “vine”). The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠mo̞me̞zɨɾɯ̟]

Noun

鴎(かもめ)蔓(づる) • (kamomezuru) 

  1. swallow-wort, general term for plants of genus Vincetoxicum
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