/e̞bʲiɡa̠ɲ̟i/JAPONCA → TR
Tanım
•synonym of 伊勢海老 (iseebi, “Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus)”) · a crayfish; particularly Procambarus clarkii; Clark's crayfish; red swamp crayfish · red frog crab (Ranina ranina)
Etimoloji
Compound of 海老(えび) (ebi, “shrimp”) + 蟹(かに) (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare Miyako いびがん (ibigan, “Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus)”). First attested in the Nippo Jisho (1603).