待ち針

Japanese

Kanji in this term
待	針
ま Grade: 3	はり > ばり Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
待針

Etymology

From 待(ま)ち (machi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 待(ま)つ (matsu).”) + 針(はり) (hari). The hari changes to bari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まちばり [máꜜchìbàrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) まちばり [màchíꜜbàrì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕiba̠ɾʲi]

Noun

待(ま)ち針(ばり) • (machibari)

(sewing) pin for securing items together whilst sewing

References

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