まっかん蟹

Japanese
Kanji in this term
蟹
かに > がに
Jinmeiyō

Etymology

Compound of 真っ赤 (makkan, “bright red”) +‎ 蟹 (kani, “crab”).[1] The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ma̠k̚kã̠ŋɡa̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

まっかん蟹 (hiragana まっかんがに, katakana マッカンガニ, rōmaji makkangani)

  1. coconut crab

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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