斉魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斉	魚
Grade: S	Grade: 2
Irregular

Alternative forms

鱭魚, 鮆魚, 刃形魚, エツ

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Ainu エトゥ (etu, “nose; snout; bill of a bird”), from the way the characteristic mouth may resemble the bill of some birds.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) えつ [éꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

斉魚 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 齊魚, hiragana えつ, katakana エツ, rōmaji etsu)

Japanese grenadier anchovy, Coilia nasus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as エツ.

The katakana spelling appears to be more common.

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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