moth
要点ガ
意味
- ガ(蛾);(衣類などを食い破る)イガ
例文
Moths are attracted by light.
がは灯に集まる。
Is it a butterfly or a moth?
それは蝶ですか、それとも蛾ですか。
"What type of butterfly is this?" "Actually, it's not a butterfly, it's a moth."
「このチョウって、何て言うの？」「それはね、チョウじゃなくてガだよ」
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English moth, moththe, motthe, moght, mohþe, mouȝte, from Old English moþþe, mohþe, mohþa, from Proto-West Germanic *moþþā, from Proto-Germanic *maþô ~ *muttaz (“insect, worm, maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mutn-, *mut- (“worm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Motte (“moth”), West Frisian mot (“moth”), Dutch mot (“moth”), German Low German Motte, Mott (“moth”), German Motte (“moth”), Swedish mott (“moth”) and Norwegian Nynorsk mott (“moth”).
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