毛玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毛 玉
け
Grade: 2 		たま > だま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 毛(け) (ke, “hair, fur”) + 玉(たま) (tama, “ball”). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けだま [kèdámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞da̠ma̠]

Noun

毛(け)玉(だま) • (kedama) 

  1. pill (ball of fibers)

References

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