モーラ

Japanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mora, via English mora.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) モーラ [móꜜòrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ːɾa̠]

Noun

モーラ • (mōra) 

1. (phonology, poetry) a mora

   Synonyms: 音節 (onsetsu, more common in reference to Japanese phonology), 拍 (haku, literally “beat”)

   Hyponyms: 自立拍 (jiritsu haku, “independent mora”), 特殊拍 (tokushu haku, “special mora”)

   Meronyms: 子音 (shiin, “consonant”), 母音 (boin, “vowel”)