目ん玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	玉
め Grade: 1	たま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Contraction of 目の玉 (me no tama).

/menotama/ → /mentama/

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めんたま [mèńtáꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [mẽ̞nta̠ma̠]

Noun

目(め)ん玉(たま) • (mentama)

eyeball

Synonyms

(more formal) 眼球(がんきゅう) (gankyū)
目玉(めだま) (medama)
目(め)の玉(たま) (me no tama)

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