酸漿貝

Japanese
Kanji in this term
酸 漿 貝
ほおずき かい > がい
Grade: 1
Grade: 5 Hyōgaiji
jukujikun kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 酸漿 (hōzuki /⁠ほおずき⁠/, “bladder cherry”) +‎ 貝 (kai /⁠かい⁠/, “shellfish”).

The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほおずき​がい [hòózúkíꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːzɨᵝkʲiɡa̠i]

Noun

酸漿(ほおずき)貝(がい) • (hōzukigai) ←ほほづきがひ (fofodukigafi)?

  1. lampshell excluding the lingulate brachiopods (Articulata)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ホオズキガイ.

Hypernyms
  • 腕(わん)足(そく)類(るい) (wansokurui, “brachiopod”)

Coordinate terms

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