Chinese

Noun

玳瑁

1. hawksbill sea turtle

Descendants

Others:

• Vietnamese: đồi mồi

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 瑇瑁

Etymology

From Chinese 玳瑁

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) たいまい [tàímáí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ima̠i]

Noun

玳瑁 ‎(hiragana たいまい, katakana タイマイ, romaji taimai)

1. a hawksbill sea turtle

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Noun

玳瑁 • ‎(daemo, McCune-Reischauer: taemo, Yale: tāymo) ‎(hangeul 대모)

1. Hanja form^? of 대모, “hawksbill sea turtle”.

Vietnamese

Noun

玳瑁 (đại mạo, đại mội, đồi mồi)

1. Nôm form of đồi mồi, “hawksbill sea turtle”

References

• Hán Việt Từ Điển Trích Dẫn