āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
accentual
/aksËÉntĘuËÉl/
accentual
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤
relating to the accent or stress placed on syllables in speech
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In Japanese, accentual patterns can change the meaning of words, such as " hashi " meaning both " bridge " and " chopsticks " depending on the accent.
āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§, āĻ¯ā§āĻŽāĻ¨ "hashi" āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨ "āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§" āĻāĻŦāĻ "āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¸" āĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
