ひっぱりだこ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
引っ張り凧 引っ張り蛸 (rare) 引っ張りだこ (most common)

Etymology

From 引(ひ)っ張(ぱ)り (hippari) + たこ (tako). The tako changes to dako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひっぱりだこ [hìppárídáꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [çip̚pa̠ɾʲida̠ko̞]

Noun

ひっぱりだこ • (hippari-dako) 

1. in great demand