上歯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	歯
うわ Grade: 1	は > ば Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
上齒 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 上(うわ) (uwa-, the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)) + 歯(は) (ha, “tooth; teeth”). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɯ̟β̞a̠ba̠]

Noun

上(うわ)歯(ば) • (uwaba) ^{←うはば (ufaba)^?}

upper teeth

Antonyms

下歯(したば) (shitaba)

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN