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Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of 猫 (byō, “cat”) + 額 (gaku, “forehead”).
Pronunciation
Noun
猫額 • (byōgaku) ←べうがく (beugaku)?
- cat's forehead, smallness as that of a cat's forehead
Etymology 2
Compound of 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 額 (hitai, “forehead”). The hitai changes to bitai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
猫額 • (nekobitai) ←ねこびたひ (nekobitafi)?
- smallness
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN