頭高型

Japanese
Kanji in this term
頭 高 型
あたま
Grade: 2		 たか > だか
Grade: 2		 かた > がた
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 頭 (“head (beginning)”) +‎ 高 (“high”) +‎ 型 (“form”), literally "(in the beginning the pitch is high)-form".

Pronunciation
  • Kun’yomi
    • (Tokyo) あたまだかがた [àtámádákágátá] (Heiban – [0])
    • IPA(key): [a̠ta̠ma̠da̠ka̠ɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

頭高型 (hiragana あたまだかがた, rōmaji atamadakagata)

  1. The pitch accent pattern in Japanese where the first syllable is accented; i.e., the first syllable has high pitch and all subsequent syllables have low pitch, for example in the word 会 (あ)う (au).

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