どくばり

どくばり

Japanese

Alternative spelling
毒針

Etymology

From 毒(どく) (doku) + 針(はり) (hari). The hari changes to bari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どくばり [dòkúbárí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) どくば​り [dòkúbáꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ᵝba̠ɾʲi]

Noun

どくばり • (dokubari) ^{←どくばり (dokubari)?}

1. venomous stinger of insects

Hypernyms

• 針(はり) (hari)

References

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