けだま

けだま

Japanese

Alternative spelling
毛玉

Etymology

From 毛(け) (ke) + 玉(たま) (tama). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けだま [kèdámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞da̠ma̠]

Noun

けだま • (kedama) ^{←けだま (kedama)?}

1. pill (ball of fibers)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN