迷子

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
迷	子
まよ(い) > ま(い) Grade: 5	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Alteration of 迷い子 (mayoigo).^[1] The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) まいご [máꜜìgò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ma̠iɡo̞]

Noun edit

迷(まい)子(ご) • (maigo) ^{←まひご (mafigo)^?}

lost child; stray child
lost person

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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