Complete Definition of "rendaku"

English
wikipedia

Etymology
From Ja. �� (rendaku), sequential voicing.

Noun
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  1. linguistics 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. An example is ��, where the second element "-toki" becomes "-doki".

Synonyms
sequential voicing

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