ひとだかり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
人集り 人だかり

Etymology

From 人(ひと) (hito) + 集(たか)り (takari, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 集(たか)る (takaru).”). The takari changes to dakari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひとだかり [hìtódákárí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ひとだかり [hìtódáꜜkàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞da̠ka̠ɾʲi]

Noun

ひとだかり • (hitodakari) ^{←ひとだかり (fitodakari)?}

1. throng of people