名高い

See also: 高い

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

Adjective

名高い (-i inflection, hiragana なだかい, rōmaji nadakai)

  1. famous, celebrated, well-known

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References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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