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かーらばんた【川端】

kaarabanta

Pronunciation: [kaːɾaban̩ta]

Definition

Noun

  1. Riverbank

Etymology

From かーら【川】 kaara "river" and the rendaku form of はんた【端】 hanta "edge". Cognate with Yaeyama (Taketomi) かーらはった kaarahatta and standard Japanese かわばた【川端】 kawabata "riverbank".

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Kanji川端
Kanaかーらばんた
Romanizationkaarabanta
Pronunciation (IPA)[kaːɾaban̩ta]

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, September 9). かーらばんた【川端】 : kaarabanta | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 24, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6508/kaarabanta/.