つげぐし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
黄楊櫛 つげ櫛

Etymology

From 黄楊(つげ) (tsuge) + 櫛(くし) (kushi). The kushi changes to gushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つげぐし [tsùgégúshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨɡe̞ɡɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

つげぐし • (tsugegushi) ^{←つげぐし (tugegusi)?}

1. comb made from the wood of the Japanese box