鯣烏賊

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鯣 烏 賊
するめ
Hyōgaiji		 いか
Jinmeiyō Grade: S
kun’yomi jukujikun
鯣烏賊 (surume ika): the Japanese flying squid set out for drying, after gutting, cleaning, and butterflying.

Etymology

Compound of 鯣 (surume, “squid used for drying”) +‎ 烏賊 (ika, “squid”).

After the sense of 鯣 (surume) shifted from "type of squid used for drying" to refer more to the end product in the early 1300s,[1] this term surume ika arose to refer unambiguously to the squid rather than the product. First attested in 1787.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) するめ​いか [sùrúméꜜ ìkà] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝme̞ ika̠]

Noun

鯣(するめ)烏賊(いか) or 鯣烏賊(スルメイカ) • (surume ika or surumeika) 

  1. a Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
    Synonym: (less common) するめ (surume)

References
  1. “鯣”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “鯣烏賊”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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