もみがら

Japanese
Alternative spelling
籾殻

Etymology

From 籾(もみ) (momi) + 殻(から) (kara). The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もみがら [mòmígárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞mʲiɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

もみがら • (momigara) ←もみがら (momigara)?

  1. chaff (inedible parts of grain plant)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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