羊雲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
羊 雲
ひつじ
Grade: 3		 くも > ぐも
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 羊 (hitsuji, “sheep”) +‎ 雲 (kumo, “cloud”), due to resemblance to a flock of sheep. The kumo reading for 雲 changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひつじぐ​も [hìtsújígúꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥t͡sɨᵝʑiɡɯ̟ᵝmo̞]

Noun

羊(ひつじ)雲(ぐも) • (hitsujigumo) 

  1. Synonym of 高積雲 (kōsekiun, “altocumulus”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
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