あまずっぱい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
甘酸っぱい

Etymology

From 甘(あま) (ama-) + 酸(す)っぱい (suppai). The suppai changes to zuppai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あまずっぱ​い [àmázúppáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠zɨᵝp̚pa̠i]

Noun

あまずっぱい • (amazuppai) ^{←あまずつぱい (amazutupai)?}

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