はなづまり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
鼻詰まり 鼻詰り 鼻づまり

Etymology

From 鼻(はな) (hana) + 詰(つ)まり (tsumari, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 詰(つ)まる (tsumaru).”). The tsu changes to zu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はなづまり [hànázúmárí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) はなづまり [hànázúꜜmàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠zɨma̠ɾʲi]

Noun

はなづまり • (hanazumari) 

1. (medicine) congestion of the nose