わらいばなし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
笑い話 笑話 (dated)

Etymology

From 笑(わら)い (warai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 笑(わら)う (warau).”) + 話(はなし) (hanashi). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わらいばなし [wàráíbáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ɾa̠iba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

わらいばなし • (waraibanashi) ^{←わらひばなし (warafibanasi)?}

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