たてじま

Japanese

Alternative spellings
縦縞 竪縞

Etymology

From 縦(たて) (tate) + 縞(しま) (shima). The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たてじま [tàtéjímá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠te̞ʑima̠]

Noun

たてじま • (tatejima) ^{←たてじま (tatezima)?}

1. vertical stripe

Coordinate terms

• 横縞(よこじま) (yokojima)