しぎ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
鴫鷸

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しぎ [shíꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɡʲi]

Noun

しぎ or シギ • (shigi) ^{←しぎ (sigi)^?}

sandpiper; snipe (bird)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

鴫(シギ)駝(ダ)鳥(チョウ) (shigidachō)
小(コ)尾(オ)羽(バ)鴫(シギ) (koobashigi)

References

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

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