ツェツェバエ

Japanese

Etymology

From ツェツェ (tsetse) +‎ 蝿 (hae). The hae changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ツェツェ​バエ [tsètséꜜbàè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡se̞t͡se̞ba̠e̞]

Noun

ツェツェバエ • (tsetse-bae) 

  1. tsetse fly

Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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