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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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