歌ガルタ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歌
うた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 歌 (uta, “poem, song”) +‎ カルタ (karuta, “traditional Japanese playing cards”).

The karuta changes to garuta as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うたガルタ [ùtágáꜜrùtà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ta̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟ta̠]

Noun

歌(うた)ガルタ or 歌(うた)ガルタ • (uta-garuta) 

  1. (card games) poem cards; playing cards with poems written on each card
  2. uta-garuta, a game played with such cards

See also

References

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