尾高型

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	高	型
お Grade: S	たか > だか Grade: 2	かた > がた Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 尾高 (odaka, “tail high”) +‎ 型 (kata, “form”), in reference to the last mora of the word (the "tail") having the accent, followed by a downstep. The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おだかがた [òdákágátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞da̠ka̠ɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

尾(お)高(だか)型(がた) • (odakagata) ^{←をだかがた (wodakagata)?}

1. a pitch accent pattern in Japanese where the first mora is low pitch, then the pitch is high until the final and accented mora, followed by an immediate downstep with any following particle or other unaccented word having low pitch

   Examples:

   • 頭(あたま)を (atama o, “head (as object of a verb)”)
   • ぽつんと (potsun to, “with a drip / drippingly”)
   • 分(わ)かりが (wakari ga, “understanding / smarts (as subject of a verb)”)

See also

• 平板型(へいばんがた) (heiban-gata)
• 頭(あたま)高(だか)型(がた) (atamadakagata)
• 中高型(なかだかがた) (nakadakagata)