モーラ

Japanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mora,[1] via English mora.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) モーラ [móꜜòrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ːɾa̠]

Noun

モーラ • (mōra)

(phonology, poetry) a mora
Synonyms: 音節 (onsetsu, more common in reference to Japanese phonology), 拍 (haku, literally “beat”)

Hyponyms: 自立拍 (jiritsu haku, “independent mora”), 特殊拍 (tokushu haku, “special mora”)

Meronyms: 子音 (shiin, “consonant”), 母音 (boin, “vowel”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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