歌ガルタ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
歌
うた
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 歌 (uta, “poem, song”) +‎ 歌留多 (karuta, “traditional Japanese playing cards”).

The karuta changes to garuta as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うたガ​ルタ [ùtágáꜜrùtà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝta̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝta̠]

Noun

歌ガルタ (hiragana and katakana うたガルタ, rōmaji uta-garuta)

  1. (card games) poem cards; playing cards with poems written on each card

See also
  • 百人 (ひゃくにん)一 (いっ)首 (しゅ) (Hyakunin Isshu)
  • 続松 (ついまつ)取 (と)り (tsuimatsu-tori)
  • 取札 (とりふだ), 取 (と)り札 (ふだ) (torifuda)
  • 読札 (よみふだ), 読 (よ)み札 (ふだ) (yomifuda)
  • カルタ会 (かい) (karuta-kai)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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