モーラ

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mora, via English mora.

Pronunciation

Noun

モーラ • (mōra) 

  1. (phonology, poetry) a mora
    Synonyms: 音節 (onsetsu, more common in reference to Japanese phonology), 拍 (haku, literally “beat”)
    Hyponyms: 自立拍 (jiritsu haku, “independent mora”), 特殊拍 (tokushu haku, “special mora”)
    Meronyms: 子音 (shiin, “consonant”), 母音 (boin, “vowel”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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