ななくさがゆ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
七草粥

Etymology

From 七草(ななくさ) (nanakusa) + 粥(かゆ) (kayu). The kayu changes to gayu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ななくさ​がゆ [nànákúsáꜜgàyù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠na̠kɯ̟ᵝsa̠ɡa̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ななくさがゆ • (nanakusagayu) ←ななくさがゆ (nanakusagayu)?

  1. congee traditionally served on January 7th (七草の節句), made from 7 herbs (七草)

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