八母音説

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
はち
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
いん
Grade: 1
せつ
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
八母音說 (kyūjitai)

Noun[edit]

(はち)()(いん)(せつ) (hachiboinsetsu

  1. (linguistics) the theory that Old Japanese had eight vowels: /a/, /i1/, /i2/, /u/, /e1/, /e2/, /o/.