雨ガッパ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雨
あま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
雨合羽
雨がっぱ

Etymology

Compound of 雨 (ama-, “rain”) +‎ カッパ (kappa, “raincoat”). The kappa changes to gappa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あまが​っぱ [àmágáꜜppà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ɡa̠p̚pa̠]

Noun

雨(あま)ガッパ • (amagappa) 

  1. (clothing) Synonym of カッパ (“raincoat”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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