玉子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	子
たま Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1

玉子

Alternative forms

卵

Etymology

Compound of 玉 (tama, “ball”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child, small thing”). The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たまご [tàmáꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
- (Tokyo) たまご [tàmágó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠ɡo̞]

Noun

玉子 (hiragana たまご, rōmaji tamago)

egg

Usage notes

This term in Japanese is nearly as broad in use as English egg, indicating an egg as laid by various oviparous organisms, and egg as used in cooking. For the more specific biological sense of ovum, see 卵子 (ranshi).

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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