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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 雨 (ama-, “rain”) + カッパ (kappa, “raincoat”).
The kappa changes to gappa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
雨ガッパ • (amagappa)
- (clothing) Synonym of カッパ (“raincoat”)
References
- ^ 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