歌ガルタ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歌
うた Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 歌 (uta, “poem, song”) +‎ カルタ (karuta, “traditional Japanese playing cards”).

The karuta changes to garuta as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うたガ​ルタ [ùtágáꜜrùtà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝta̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝta̠]

Noun

歌(うた)ガルタ or 歌(うた)ガルタ • (uta-garuta) 

1. (card games) poem cards; playing cards with poems written on each card
2. uta-garuta, a game played with such cards

See also

• 百人(ひゃくにん)一首(いっしゅ) (Hyakunin Isshu)
• 続松(ついまつ)取(と)り (tsuimatsu-tori)
• 取札(とりふだ), 取(と)り札(ふだ) (torifuda)
• 読札(よみふだ), 読(よ)み札(ふだ) (yomifuda)
• カルタ会(かい) (karuta-kai)