まきがい

Japanese
Alternative spellings
巻き貝
巻貝

Etymology

From 巻(ま)き (maki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 巻(ま)く (maku)) + 貝(かい) (kai). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まき​がい [màkíꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠kʲiɡa̠i]

Noun

まきがい • (makigai) ←まきがひ (makigafi)?

  1. conch

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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