源五郎鮒
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |||
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源 | 五 | 郎 | 鮒 |
げん Grade: 6 |
ご Grade: 1 |
ろう Grade: S |
ふな > ぶな Hyōgaiji |
kan’on | on’yomi | kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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源五郞鮒 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 源五郎 (Gengorō, “Japanese diving beetle, Cybister chinensis”, also a male given name) + 鮒 (funa, “crucian carp”).[1][2] The funa changes to buna as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The derivation is somewhat muddled.
- According to one theory, the Gengorō portion was the name of a fisherman who fished in Lake Biwa, and every morning, presented the best of his catch of funa to the local lord.[1]
- In another theory, this term arose from a tale about a Lake Biwa fisherman named Gengorō, who fell in love with a noblewoman and arranged a secret meeting with her by hiding a note inside a gengorōbuna fish that he had caught and presented to her.
- The first portion is also the word for the Japanese diving beetle, possibly because the fish eats insects as part of its diet, or because of a superficial similarity in shape.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
源五郎鮒 or 源五郎鮒 • (gengorōbuna) ←げんごらうぶな (gengoraubuna)?
- Carassius cuvieri the Japanese crucian carp or white crucian carp, a type of 鮒 (funa, “crucian carp”), an edible freshwater ray-finned fish related to carp and goldfish and endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan
Usage notes[edit]
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ゲンゴロウブナ.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- Gengorōbuna entry at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 源 read as げん
- Japanese terms spelled with 五 read as ご
- Japanese terms spelled with 郎 read as ろう
- Japanese terms spelled with 鮒
- Japanese terms with rendaku
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- ja:Cyprinids