言わば

Japanese

Kanji in this term
言
い Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

The Classical Japanese conditional form of the verb 言う (iu, “to say, to speak”): 言わ (iwa, 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of the verb 言う (iu)) +‎ ば (-ba, an inflectional suffix indicating the hypothetical condition).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いわば [íꜜwàbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
(Tokyo) いわば [ìwáꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][3][2]
(Tokyo) いわば [ìwábá] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠ba̠]

Adverb

言(い)わば • (iwaba) ^{←いはば (ifaba)^?}

so to speak, as it were

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-2] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN