猫額

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
猫 額
びょう
Grade: S		 がく
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Compound of 猫 (byō, “cat”) +‎ 額 (gaku, “forehead”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) びょーがく [byòógákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

猫(びょう)額(がく) • (byōgaku) ←べうがく (beugaku)?

  1. cat's forehead, smallness as that of a cat's forehead

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
猫 額
ねこ
Grade: S		 ひたい > びたい
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Compound of 猫 (neko, “cat”) +‎ 額 (hitai, “forehead”). The hitai changes to bitai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ねこび​たい [nèkóbíꜜtàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞ko̞bʲita̠i]

Noun

猫(ねこ)額(びたい) • (nekobitai) ←ねこびたひ (nekobitafi)?

  1. smallness

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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