迷子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迷	子
まよ(い) > ま(い) Grade: 5	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Alteration of 迷い子 (mayoigo).[1] The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まいご [máꜜìgò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ma̠iɡo̞]

Noun

迷子 (hiragana まいご, rōmaji maigo, historical hiragana まひご)

lost child; stray child
lost person

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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