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) 

  1. St. Thomas bean

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