蝦蟇口

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝦	蟇	口
か > が Jinmeiyō	ま Hyōgai	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kan'on	kan'yōon	kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 蝦蟇 (gama, “toad”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, “mouth”),^[1]^[2] from the way the opened mouth of the coin purse resembles a toad's mouth.^[2] The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がまぐち [gàmágúchí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ma̠ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

蝦(が)蟇(ま)口(ぐち) • (gamaguchi)

a clasped coin purse

References

^ 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 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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