Definitions
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- noun linguistics In the
Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs thevoicing of the initialconsonant of the non-initial portion of acompound orprefixed word. An example is時々 (ときどき ,tokidoki ), where the second element "-toki" becomes "-doki" and折り紙 (おりがみ ,origami ) where the word紙 (かみ ,kami ; paper) becomes "gami".
Etymologies
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From Japanese 連濁 (れんだく, rendaku, "sequential voicing").
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Examples
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It most definitely had nothing to do with rendaku.
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It isn't exactly the kind of word that is likely to undergo rendaku.
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An important fact is discussed in the linked BBC article, and is implied by the link to rendaku on Wikipedia by Dan, but it might be useful to make it explicit on this page.
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