rendaku
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Noun — In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. Examples include 時々 (ときどき, tokidoki; “sometimes”), where the second, iterative element -toki becomes -doki and 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami) where the word 紙 (かみ, kami; “paper”) becomes gami.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 連濁 (rendaku, “sequential voicing”).
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