つけづめ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
付け爪

Etymology

From 付(つ)け (tsuke, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 付(つ)ける (tsukeru).”) + 爪(つめ) (tsume). The tsume changes to zume as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝke̞zɨᵝme̞]

Noun

つけづめ • (tsukezume) ^{←つけづめ (tukedume)^?}

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