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rendaku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ren-daku
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. Examples include 時々 (ときどき, tokidoki; “sometimes”), where the second, iterative element -toki becomes -doki and 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami) where the word 紙 (かみ, kami; “paper”) becomes gami.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 連濁 (rendaku, “sequential voicing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Synonyms

sequential voicing

Questions

What does rendaku mean?
In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. Examples include 時々 (ときどき, tokidoki; “sometimes”), where the second, iterative element -toki becomes -doki and 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami) where the word 紙 (かみ, kami; “paper”) becomes gami.
Where does rendaku come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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