中高なかだか型がた

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中なか	高こう	型かた
なか Grade: 1	たか > だか Grade: 2	かた > がた Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 中高なかだか (nakadaka, “middle high”) +‎ 型かた (kata, “form”), in reference to one of the middle morae of the word having the accent, followed by the downstep. The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁れんだく).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なかだかがた [nàkádákágátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ka̠da̠ka̠ɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

中なか(なか)高こう(だか)型かた(がた) • (nakadakagata) 

1. a pitch accent pattern in Japanese where the first mora is low pitch, then the pitch is high until the accented mora, followed by an immediate downstep with the remaining syllables having low pitch

   Examples:

   • 志こころざし(こころざ)す (kokorozasu, “to attempt, to try”)
   • 寒天かんてん(かんてん) (kanten, “agar agar jelly”)
   • コンサルタント (konsarutanto, “consultant”)

See also

• 平板へいばん型がた(へいばんがた) (heiban-gata)
• 頭あたま高だか型がた(あたまだかがた) (atamadakagata)
• 尾高おだか型がた(おだかがた) (odakagata)