中なか高だか型がた

noun

nakadaka-gata accent pattern; mid-high accent pattern

Linguistic term for a Japanese pitch accent pattern where the pitch rises after the first mora and then falls before the last mora, i.e., the accent kernel is somewhere in the middle of the word.

• 「たまご」は中なか高だか型がたのアクセントで発はつ音おんされる。

  "Tamago" is pronounced with a nakadaka-gata accent pattern.

• 中なか高だか型がたの単たん語ごでは、アクセント核かくが語ご中ちゅうにある。

  In nakadaka-gata words, the accent kernel is located in the middle of the word.