帆桁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
帆 桁
ほ
Grade: S 		けた > げた
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

帆(ほ) (ho, “sail”) + 桁(けた) (keta). The keta changes to geta as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɡe̞ta̠]

Noun

帆(ほ)桁(げた) • (hogeta) 

  1. (nautical) a yard, a spar onto which sails are bent

References

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