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minus-squarethevoidzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 days agosuki vs tsuki. I can’t pronounce it but I think the japanese can. tsunami is basically tsuki+nami = moon + wave Edit: I was wrong. Just wanted to use an example word people know with tsu sound.
minus-squarePhoenix3875@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-25 days agoTsunami つなみ 津波 is composed of tsu つ 津, wharf, a place to park boats nami なみ 波, tide, wave So it’s high waves from a wharf. It’s not a tide since having a tsunami every month would be devastating… See https://gogen-yurai.jp/tsunami/
minus-squarethevoidzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThank you. I should have just said tsu is in the tsunami similarly but in English we learn t is silent because we can’t pronounce it.
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suki vs tsuki. I can’t pronounce it but I think the japanese can. tsunami is basically tsuki+nami = moon + wave
Edit: I was wrong. Just wanted to use an example word people know with tsu sound.
Tsunami つなみ 津波 is composed of
So it’s high waves from a wharf. It’s not a tide since having a tsunami every month would be devastating…
See https://gogen-yurai.jp/tsunami/
Thank you. I should have just said tsu is in the tsunami similarly but in English we learn t is silent because we can’t pronounce it.