鸚鵡貝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鸚	鵡	貝
おう Hyōgai	む Hyōgai	かい > がい Grade: 1
kan'on	goon	kun'yomi

Etymology

From 鸚鵡 (ōmu, “cockatoo”) +‎ 貝 (kai, “shellfish”). Compare Chinese 鸚鵡螺 / 鹦鹉螺 (yīngwǔluó), Korean 앵무조개 (aengmujogae), Vietnamese ốc anh vũ.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おーむがい [òómúꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːmɯ̟ɡa̠i]

Noun

鸚(おう)鵡(む)貝(がい) or 鸚鵡貝(オウムガイ) • (ōmugai) ^{←あうむがひ (aumugafi) or オウムガヒ (oumugafi)^?}

a nautilus

References

^ 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