後舌母音

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あと
Grade: 2
した > じた
Grade: 6

Grade: 2
いん
Grade: 1
kun’yomi on’yomi

後舌(あとじた) (atojita, tongue positioned relatively back) + 母音(ぼいん) (boin, vowel).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とじたぼいん [àtójítá bóꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [a̠to̞ʑita̠ bo̞ĩɴ]

Noun

(あと)(じた)()(いん) • (atojita boin) 

  1. (phonetics) back vowel
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
ぜつ
Grade: 6

Grade: 2
いん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

後舌(こうぜつ) (kōzetsu, tongue positioned relatively back) + 母音(ぼいん) (boin, vowel).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーぜつぼいん [kòózétsú bóꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːze̞t͡sɨᵝ bo̞ĩɴ]

Noun

(こう)(ぜつ)()(いん) • (kōzetsu boin) 

  1. (phonetics, dated) back vowel

References

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