Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: S
ない
Grade: 2
おん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
喉內音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of 喉内(こうない) (kōnai) + (おん) (on, sound).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)(ない)(おん) (kōnaion

  1. (phonetics) in Sanskrit phonology, a consonant made with the throat; a dorsal (/k, g, ŋ/) consonant

See also edit

References edit

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