飴玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飴 玉
あめ
Hyōgai 		たま > だま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 飴(あめ) (ame, “candy”) + 玉(たま) (tama, “ball”). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あまだま [àmádámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠da̠ma̠]

Noun

飴(あめ)玉(だま) • (amedama) 

  1. ball-shaped hard candy; round candy

References

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