Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 2
きん
Grade: 2
たま > だま
Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi

Etymology

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From 南京(ナンキン) (Nankin) + (たま) (tama). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ンキンだま [nàńkíńdámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲĩnda̠ma̠]

Noun

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南京玉(ナンキンだま) (nankindamaナンキンだま (nankindama)?

  1. glass bead

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN