谷川

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
谷 川
たに
Grade: 2 		かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From 谷(たに) (tani, “valley, ravine, gorge”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river, stream, brook”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) たにがわ [tànígáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ɲ̟iɡa̠β̞a̠]

Noun

谷(たに)川(がわ) • (tanigawa) 

  1. valley stream, mountain stream

Synonyms

Proper noun

谷(たに)川(がわ) • (Tanigawa) 

  1. a surname

References

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