縺れ髪

Japanese
Kanji in this term
縺 髪
もつ
Hyōgaiji		 かみ > がみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
縺れ髮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 縺れ (motsure, “tangle”) +‎ 髪 (kami, “hair”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もつれ​がみ [mòtsúréꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

縺(もつ)れ髪(がみ) • (motsuregami) 

  1. tangled hair

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