もみがら

Japanese

Alternative spelling
籾殻

Etymology

From 籾(もみ) (momi) + 殻(から) (kara). The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もみがら [mòmígárá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞mʲiɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

もみがら • (momigara) ^{←もみがら (momigara)?}

1. chaff (inedible parts of grain plant)