rendaku (Q1192464)
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Japanese morphophonology phenomenon in which the initial consonant of a non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word becomes voiced, e.g. 人 (hito) + 人 (hito) → 人々 (hitobito)
- sequential voicing
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | rendaku |
Japanese morphophonology phenomenon in which the initial consonant of a non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word becomes voiced, e.g. 人 (hito) + 人 (hito) → 人々 (hitobito) |
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in the word 振り仮名 (furigana), formed from 振り (furi) + 仮名 (kana), the consonant /k/ of /kana/ becomes voiced due to rendaku (English)
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