連濁

Japanese

kanjitab

Definitions

(linguistics) a morphological change of an initial syllable of the second word of a compound in Japanese from an unvoiced sound to a corresponding voiced one (more precisely, a change to the sound of corresponding kana with a 濁点).

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 連 (successive, linking, joining, consecutive, continuous, sequential) + Japanese 濁 (muddy, voicing, voiced).

Origin

Japanese

濁

Gloss

muddy, voicing, voiced

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Cognates and derived terms

rendaku English
濁 Japanese
濁点 Japanese
連 Japanese
連投 Japanese
連日 Japanese
連語 Japanese