海豚

Etymology
Native formation, attested abundantly in the Classical era. Also,. Semantically compare.

Noun

 * 1) dolphin

Japanese
Comdolph.jpg or porpoise'''.]]

Etymology
From. Attested in the  of 712 with the phonetic spelling 入鹿魚.

Further etymology. One of the possible native-Japanese theories is that this was originally a compound of elements, with the following sound shifts.



Another possibility is that it was a borrowing from. Compare Sakhalin 🇨🇬,, or Kuril 🇨🇬. Given the unlikely sound shift required for the Old Japanese derivation and the lack of cognates in the Ryukyuan languages (see ), an origin from Ainu seems more likely.

The spelling 海豚, which literally means “sea pig”, is from.

Noun

 * 1) a dolphin or porpoise

Derived terms

 * : Dolphin constellation, Delphinus

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dolphin

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dolphin

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dolphin

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) dolphin

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dolphin