語ご頭とう

noun

word-initial position; beginning of a word

Linguistic term referring to the first sound or syllable of a word. Often used in phonology or morphology contexts.

• 日本にほん語ごでは、語ご頭とうに濁だく音おんが来くることは少すくない。

  In Japanese, voiced consonants rarely appear at the beginning of a word.