呻き声

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呻	声
うめ Hyōgaiji	こえ > ごえ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

うめき声

Etymology

Compound of 呻き (umeki, “groan, moan”) +‎ 声 (koe, “sound”). The koe changes to goe as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) うめきごえ [ùmékígóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) うめきごえ [ùmékígóé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝme̞kʲiɡo̞e̞]

Noun

呻き声 (hiragana うめきごえ, rōmaji umekigoe, historical hiragana うめきごゑ)

groan, moan

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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