大鎌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 鎌
おお
Grade: 1 		かま > がま
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 大(おお) (ō, “big”) + 鎌(かま) (kama, “sickle”). The kama changes to gama as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おおがま [óꜜògàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) おおがま [òógámá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːɡa̠ma̠]

Noun

大(おお)鎌(がま) • (ōgama) ←おほがま (ofogama)?

  1. a scythe, a curved, concave blade used for mowing
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