海亀

See also: 海龜 and 海龟

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	亀
うみ Grade: 2	かめ > がめ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
海龜 (kyūjitai)

海亀 (umigame): a sea turtle

Etymology

From 海 (umi, “sea”) +‎ 亀 (kame, “turtle”). The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うみがめ [ùmígámé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) うみがめ [ùmíꜜgàmè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲiɡa̠me̞]

Noun

海(うみ)亀(がめ) or 海亀(ウミガメ) • (umigame)

a sea turtle
Ellipsis of ウミガメのスープ (umigame no sūpu, “situation puzzle”).

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 ウミガメ.

Derived terms

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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