Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin mora,[1] via English mora.
Pronunciation[edit]
モーラ • (mōra)
- (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”)
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