かみだのみ

かみだのみ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
神頼み

Etymology

From 神(かみ) (kami) + 頼(たの)み (tanomi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 頼(たの)む (tanomu).”). The tanomi changes to danomi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かみだ​のみ [kàmídáꜜnòmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲida̠no̞mʲi]

Noun

かみだのみ • (kamidanomi) 

1. asking the gods for help

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN