どうやらこうやら

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of どうやら +‎ こうやら, emphatic form of どうやら

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) どーやらこーやら [dòóyárákóꜜòyàrà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • (Tokyo) どーやらこーやら [dóꜜòyàràkòòyàrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːja̠ɾa̠ko̞ːja̠ɾa̠]

Adverb

どうやらこうやら • (dōyarakōyara) 

  1. somehow or other

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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