数え歌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
数	歌
かぞ Grade: 2	うた Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
數え歌 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 数(かぞ)え (kazoe, “counting”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 数(かぞ)える (kazoeru, “to count”).) + 歌(うた) (uta, “song”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かぞえうた [kàzóéꜜùtà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠zo̞e̞ɯ̟ta̠]

Noun

数(かぞ)え歌(うた) • (kazoeuta) ^{←かぞへうた (kazofeuta)^?}

counting rhyme

References

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