むらびと

Japanese
Alternative spelling
村人

Etymology

From 村(むら) (mura) + 人(ひと) (hito). The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) むらびと [mùrábító] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠bʲito̞]

Noun

むらびと • (murabito) ←むらびと (murabito)?

  1. villager

Synonyms

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