雨ガッパ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨
あま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
雨合羽
雨がっぱ

Etymology

Compound of 雨 (ama-, “rain”) +‎ カッパ (kappa, “raincoat”). The kappa changes to gappa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あまがっぱ [àmágáꜜppà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ɡa̠p̚pa̠]

Noun

雨(あま)ガッパ • (amagappa) 

  1. (clothing) synonym of カッパ (“raincoat”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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