ケラバ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ケラバ – see the following entry.

【ケラヴァ】 [proper noun] Kerava (a town and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland).

(This term, ケラバ (keraba), is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

The ケラヴァ (Kerava) spelling appears to be slightly more common in online usage than ケラバ (Keraba), and the use of the ヴァ (va) digraph immediately marks this word as a foreign borrowing. However, for most Japanese speakers, the pronunciation will be closer to ケラバ (Keraba), due to the lack of any /v/ phoneme in the native Japanese consonant inventory.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ケラバ – see the following entry.

【けらば】 [noun] [from circa 1181] (architecture) the eaves of a gable roof above the triangular gable wall: the verge Alternative spellings 螻羽, 螻蛄羽

(This term, ケラバ (keraba), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)