鰯雲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鰯 雲
いわし
Jinmeiyō		 くも > ぐも
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
いわし雲

Etymology

From 鰯(いわし) (iwashi, “European pilchard”) + 雲(くも) (kumo, “cloud”). The くも reading for 雲 changes to ぐも as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いわしぐ​も [ìwáshígúꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [iɰᵝa̠ɕiɡɯ̟ᵝmo̞]

Noun

鰯(いわし)雲(ぐも) • (iwashigumo) 

  1. Synonym of 巻積雲 (kensekiun, “cirrocumulus”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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