八重歯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	重	歯
や Grade: 1	え Grade: 3	は > ば Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
八重齒 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 八 (ya, “eight”) +‎ 重 (-e, “-fold”) +‎ 歯 (ha, “tooth”). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やえば [yáꜜèbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) やえば [yàébá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠e̞ba̠]

Noun

八(や)重(え)歯(ば) • (yaeba) ^{←やへば (yafeba)^?}

double tooth, protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine, snaggletooth

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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