rendaku

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 See also 1.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Japanese 連濁 (rendaku), “‘sequential voicing’”).

[edit] Noun

rendaku (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. An example is 時々 (ときどき, tokidoki), where the second element "-toki" becomes "-doki" and 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami) where the word 紙 (かみ, kami; paper) becomes "gami".

[edit] Synonyms

• sequential voicing

[edit] See also

• Category:Rendaku

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of adeknru
• unraked