まきがい

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
巻き貝
巻貝

Etymology

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From 巻(ま)き (maki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 巻(ま)く (maku)) + 貝(かい) (kai). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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まきがい • (makigai) ←まきがひ (makigafi)?

  1. conch

References

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