Definitions

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  • noun linguistics In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed 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 (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

  • It most definitely had nothing to do with rendaku.

    Old Japanese Pronouns 2007

  • It isn't exactly the kind of word that is likely to undergo rendaku.

    Old Japanese Pronouns 2007

  • 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.

    languagehat.com languagehat 2010

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