ツェツェバエ

Japanese

Etymology

From ツェツェ (tsetse) +‎ 蝿 (hae). The hae changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ツェツェ​バエ [tsètséꜜbàè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡se̞t͡se̞ba̠e̞]

Noun

ツェツェバエ • (tsetse-bae) 

  1. tsetse fly

Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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