"メダカ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [me̞da̠ka̠] Forms: メダカ [canonical], めだか [canonical], medaka [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 目(め) (me, “eye”) + 高(たか) (taka, “high”), in reference to its appearance. The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|目|め|高|たか|t1=eye|t2=high}} 目(め) (me, “eye”) + 高(たか) (taka, “high”), {{m|ja||語源由来辞典|Etymology Derivation Dictionary|tr=Gogen Yurai Jiten}} 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|メダカ}} めたか', {{rendaku2|ta|da}} The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|めだか}} メダカ or めだか • (medaka)
  1. medaka, Japanese ricefish, Oryzias latipes, a small freshwater fish
    Sense id: en-メダカ-ja-noun-xxHAyrBT Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 73 27
  2. killifish, any of various species in the Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Profundulidae, or Valenciidae families
    Sense id: en-メダカ-ja-noun-Ysu3MD60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 目高

Alternative forms

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