どくばり

Japanese

Alternative spelling
毒針

Etymology

From 毒(どく) (doku) + 針(はり) (hari). The hari changes to bari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どくばり [dòkúbárí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) どくばり [dòkúbáꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ba̠ɾʲi]

Noun

どくばり • (dokubari) ^{←どくばり (dokubari)?}

1. venomous stinger of insects

Hypernyms

• 針(はり) (hari)