大母音推移

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 母 音 推 移
だい
Grade: 1		 ぼ
Grade: 2		 いん
Grade: 1		 すい
Grade: 6		 い
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

大 (dai, “great”) +‎ 母音 (boin, “vowel”) +‎ 推移 (suii, “transition”), calque of English Great Vowel Shift.

Pronunciation
  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) だいぼいんす​いい [dàí bóíń súꜜìì] (Nakadaka – [6])
    • IPA(key): [da̠i bo̞ĩɰ̃ sɨᵝii]

Proper noun

大母音推移 (hiragana だいぼいんすいい, rōmaji Dai Boin Suii)

  1. the Great Vowel Shift
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