南京玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南 京 玉
なん
Grade: 2 		きん
Grade: 2 		たま > だま
Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi

Etymology

From 南京(ナンキン) (Nankin) + 玉(たま) (tama). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ナンキンだま [nàńkíńdámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲĩnda̠ma̠]

Noun

南京玉(ナンキンだま) • (nankindama) ←ナンキンだま (nankindama)?

  1. glass bead

References

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