咽頭音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: S
とう
Grade: 2
おん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 咽頭(いんとう) (intō, pharynx) + (おん) (on, sound).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んとーおん [ìńtóꜜòòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ĩnto̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

(いん)(とう)(おん) • (intōon

  1. (phonetics) pharyngeal

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN