- in
hiragana and ウ in
katakana (forms long
vowels romanized as ō or ū)
hatsuonbin (撥音便) or N-onbin,
currently spelled as ん in
hiragana and ン in katakana...
-
labial consonant (/p, b, m/). In both cases, the
resulting nasal indicated hatsuonbin (撥音便) (see onbin).
After the 11th century, the "lingual" and "labial"...
- (＊知りて) → ****te (知って) bi (び), mi (み) or ni (に)
syllabic n (ん) (hatsuon,
hatsuonbin), with the
following t (タ)
sound voiced *asobite (＊遊びて) →
asonde (遊んで)...
- (ウ音便); if /Q/ (促音, sokuon),
sokuonbin (促音便); and if /N/ (撥音, hatsuon),
hatsuonbin (撥音便). Historically,
sokuonbin was
triggered in verb
conjugation when...
