蚊の姥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚊	姥
か Grade: S	うば > おば Jinmeiyō
irregular

Kanji in this term
蚊	姥
か Grade: S	うば Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 姥 (uba, “granny”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) かのうば [kà nó úꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ no̞ ɯ̟ᵝba̠]

(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) かのおば [kà nó óꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ no̞ o̞ba̠]

Noun

蚊(か)の姥(うば) • (ka no uba) (alternative reading hiragana かのおば, katakana カノオバ, rōmaji ka no oba)

Synonym of 大蚊 (gaganbo, “cranefly”)

References

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

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