binom

Definitions

A compound word.

Equivalents

Examples

“Where you would expect⟳ to hear⟳ AN na N you may instead find⟳, especially in written Japanese, AN no N. The latter, somewhat stiffer, version appears to enjoy⟳ particular favor when the AN is a binom of Chinese origin modifying another Chinese binom and the two words are either optionally combinable into a compound noun (by dropping the copula nó/ná together with its juncture and applying the proper accentuation) or look⟳ as if they might easily so combine⟳.”

“It a meaning is expressed in a particular language like⟳ English with the help⟳ of a binom, newspaper, and in another particular language like⟳ German by a mononom Zeitung, the heteronomic morphology is usually more voluminous (9 phonograms against 7).”

“The prototypical Sino-Japanese word is a binom, that is, a word written with two kanji, each kanji representing a Sino-Japanese morph. It is not difficult to find⟳ examples of rendaku affecting Sino-Japanese binoms, and a few are listed in (23).”

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