つくりばなし

Japanese

Alternative spelling
作り話

Etymology

From 作(つく)り (tsukuri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 作(つく)る (tsukuru, “to make; to create”).”) + 話(はなし) (hanashi). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨkɯ̟ɾʲiba̠na̠ɕi]
• (Tokyo) つくりばなし [tsùkúríbáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [4])

Noun

つくりばなし • (tsukuribanashi) ^{←つくりばなし (tukuribanasi)?}

1. made-up story