藻玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藻	玉
も Grade: S	たま > だま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 藻 (mo, “alga”) +‎ 玉 (tama, “ball”), from the way that the seeds often wash ashore.^[1] The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もだま [mòdámá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞da̠ma̠]

Noun

藻(も)玉(だま) or 藻玉(モダマ) • (modama)

St. Thomas bean

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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