藻玉
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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藻 | 玉 |
も Grade: S | たま > だま Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 藻 (mo, “alga”) + 玉 (tama, “ball”), from the way that the seeds often wash ashore.[1] The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) もだま [mòdámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞da̠ma̠]
Noun
藻玉 (hiragana もだま, katakana モダマ, rōmaji modama)
- St. Thomas bean
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN