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Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of 火 (ka, “fire”) + 口 (kō, “hole”).
Pronunciation
Noun
火口 • (kakō) ←くわこう (kwakou)?
- (volcanology) a crater
- the firedoor of a boiler
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Etymology 2
Compound of 火 (hi, “fire”) + 口 (kuchi, “hole”). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
火口 • (higuchi)
- the origin of a fire
- an opening for ignition
- the nozzle of a welder, etc
- the opening through which the fire enters the barrel in a hinawajū
- (volcanology) a crater
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Etymology 3
Compound of 火 (ho, “fire”) + 口 (kuchi, “hole”).
Pronunciation
Noun
火口 • (hokuchi)
- tinder
- a place for setting a fire
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN