抹香鯨

See also: 抹香鲸

Chinese
powder incense whale
trad. (抹香鯨) 抹香 鯨
simp. (抹香鲸) 抹香 鲸

Pronunciation

Noun

抹香鯨

  1. sperm whale

Japanese
Kanji in this term
抹 香 鯨
まつ > まっ
Grade: S		 こう
Grade: 4		 くじら
Grade: S
goon kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 抹香(まっこう) (makkō, “incense”) + 鯨(くじら) (kujira, “whale”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まっこーく​じら [màkkóókúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠k̚ko̞ːkɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

抹(まっ)香(こう)鯨(くじら) • (makkōkujira) ←まつかうくぢら (matukaukudira)?

  1. a sperm whale

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as マッコウクジラ.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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