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There are other subtle rules that language may follow in word formation. For example, in Japanese, a word like tokatokaino may mutate into tokadokaino due to
by ithkuil 2y ago
There are other subtle rules that language may follow in word formation.
For example, in Japanese, a word like tokatokaino may mutate into tokadokaino due to a phonological effect called Rendaku (it depends on details like if "tokadokaino" is a compound word made of "toka"+"toka"+"ino")
- dotancohen 2y agoIs this the reason that we call Toyoda's company by the name Toyota?
- Macha 2y agoSo Toyota has a company folklore explanation to do with the number of strokes when written in hiragana being a lucky number, but Japanese linguists were skeptical when the BBC did a piece on it and think it was just a preference for the unvoiced version when the town in which it was founded changed its name to match the company: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8534294.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8534294.stm