揚羽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揚 羽
あ(げ)
Grade: S 		は
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 揚(あ)げ (age, “raising”) + 羽(は) (ha, “feather”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あげは [àgéhá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɡe̞ha̠]

Noun

揚(あげ)羽(は) or 揚羽(アゲハ) • (ageha) 

  1. ellipsis of 揚羽蝶 (agehachō, “swallowtail butterfly”)
  2. synonym of 並揚羽 (nami-ageha, “Asian swallowtail, Papilio xuthus”)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Proper noun

揚(あげ)羽(は) • (Ageha) 

  1. a neighbourhood of Chikusaku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.