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Kotomora

長ちょう呼こ

ちょ
う
こ

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

lengthening a vowel; vowel lengthening

Linguistic term for the process or phenomenon of lengthening a vowel, often in dialectal contexts such as Kansai-ben. Can be used as a suru-verb.

See also: 短呼

2

noun

long sound; long vowel

Refers to the resulting long sound itself, especially a long vowel. Used as a noun in phonetics and linguistics.