名高い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
たか > だか
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (na, name) +‎ 高い (takai, high, lofty).[1][2] The takai changes to dakai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「名高い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 名高く かく
だか

Terminal (終止形) 名高い だか
Attributive (連体形) 名高い だか
Key constructions
Informal negative 名高くない かくない
だかくない

Informal past 名高かった かかった
だかかった

Informal negative past 名高くなかった かくなかった
だかくなかった

Formal 名高いです だかいです
Conjunctive 名高くて かくて
だかくて

Conditional 名高ければ かければ
だかければ

Adjective

()(だか) (nadakai-i (adverbial ()(だか) (nadakaku))

  1. famous, celebrated, well-known

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN