ふな

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
鮒鯽 (rare)

From Old Japanese.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふな [fúꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝna̠]

Noun

ふな or フナ • (funa)

鮒, 鯽: [from early 700s] crucian carp, any fish of the genus Carassius

Derived terms

Derived terms

寒鮒(かんぶな) (kanbuna): crucian carp caught in mid-winter
ギベリオ鮒(ぶな) (giberiobuna): Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio)
源五郎鮒(げんごろうぶな) (gengorōbuna): Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri)
朝鮮鮒(ちょうせんぶな) (chōsenbuna): round-tailed paradise fish (Macropodus ocellatus)
煮頃鮒(にごろぶな) (nigorobuna): nigorobuna (Carassius auratus grandoculis)
鮒寿司(ふなずし) (funazushi): funazushi
ヨーロッパ鮒(ぶな) (yōroppabuna): crucian carp, Carassius carassius

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
船 (larger boat, ship) 舟 (small boat)

From Old Japanese. Possibly the older form of fune (spelled variously in kanji as 船, 舟, 槽).

Mostly used in compounds.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふな [fúꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝna̠]

Noun

ふな • (funa)

船, 舟: a boat:
1. 船: a ship, vessel, larger ship
2. 舟: a boat, ship, small ship

References

“鮒”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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