ビー玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉
たま > だま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From ビードロ (bīdoro, “glass”, shortened to ビー (bī)) + 玉(たま) (tama, “ball”). The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ビーだま [bìídámá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [bʲiːda̠ma̠]

Noun

ビー玉(だま) • (bīdama) 

  1. a marble (spherical ball)
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