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
  • (Tokyo) かのう​ば [kà nó úꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ no̞ ɯ̟ᵝba̠]
  • (Tokyo) かのお​ば [kà nó óꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ no̞ o̞ba̠]

Noun

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

  1. Synonym of 大蚊 (gaganbo, “cranefly”)

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