つちぼこり

Japanese

Alternative spelling
土埃

Etymology

From 土(つち) (tsuchi) + 埃(ほこり) (hokori). The hokori changes to bokori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つちぼこり [tsùchíbóꜜkòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨt͡ɕibo̞ko̞ɾʲi]

Noun

つちぼこり • (tsuchibokori) ^{←つちぼこり (tutibokori)?}

1. cloud of dust

   土(つち)埃(ぼこり)を上(あ)げる

   tsuchibokori o ageru

   to raise a cloud of dust