吠え声

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吠	声
ほ Hyōgai	こえ > ごえ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
吠え聲 (kyūjitai) 吼え声

Etymology

Compound of 吠(ほ)え (hoe, “barking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 吠(ほ)える (hoeru, “to bark”)) + 声(こえ) (koe, “voice”). The koe changes to goe as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

吠(ほ)え声(ごえ) • (hoegoe) 

1. a bark (short, loud, explosive utterance)