まちばり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
待ち針 待針

Etymology

From 待(ま)ち (machi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 待(ま)つ (matsu).”) + 針(はり) (hari). The hari changes to bari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まちばり [máꜜchìbàrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) まちばり [màchíꜜbàrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕiba̠ɾʲi]

Noun

まちばり • (machibari) ^{←まちばり (matibari)?}

1. (sewing) pin for securing items