尾高型

Compound of 尾高 (odaka, “tail high”) +‎ 型 (kata, “form”), in reference to the last mora of the word (the "tail") having the accent, followed by a downstep.^[1] The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) おだかがた [òdákágátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞da̠ka̠ɡa̠ta̠]

尾(お)高(だか)型(がた) • (odakagata) ^{←をだかがた (wodakagata)?}

1. a pitch accent pattern in Japanese where the first mora is low pitch, then the pitch rises until the final and accented mora, followed by an immediate downstep with any following particle or other unaccented word having low pitch

   Examples:

   • 頭(あたま)は (atama wa, “head (as subject)”)
   • 言葉(ことば)を (kotoba o, “word (as object)”)
   • 分(わ)かりが (wakari ga, “understanding (as subject)”)
   • 犬(いぬ)と (inuto, “(with) the dog”)

   Before the particle の, Odaka words deaccent, or become Heiban, but there are exceptions: Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent not deaccented before の (Tōkyō)

• 平板型(へいばんがた) (heiban-gata)
• 頭(あたま)高(だか)型(がた) (atamadakagata)
• 中高型(なかだかがた) (nakadakagata)