まっかん蟹

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かに > がに
Jinmeiyō

Etymology

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Compound of 真っ赤 (makkan, bright red) +‎ (kani, crab).[1] The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ma̠k̚kã̠ŋɡa̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

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まっかん(がに) or まっかん(ガニ) (makkangani

  1. coconut crab

Synonyms

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References

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