Tommaso
トンマーゾ
Tonmāzo
Also written トマーゾ.
How It Is Said
- トto
- ンn
- マma
- ーa
- ゾzo
Tonmāzo: five beats, each about the same length. Japanese has no strong stress, so the name is said evenly, beat by beat.
By Language
| Language | Katakana | Rōmaji | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian | トンマーゾ | Tonmāzo | the usual form |
| トマーゾ | Tomāzo | also in use |
What Happens to the Sounds
- The double mm is held: ン is a beat of its own before the next.
- The stressed vowel of an Italian name is often written long in katakana: マー (mā).
To Type It
On a computer with Japanese input switched on, type tonnma-zo (the - key gives the bar ー and nn gives ン), then press F7 on Windows or Control+K on a Mac to turn it into katakana. On a phone, type the same letters with the Japanese keyboard and choose トンマーゾ among the suggestions.
The Same Name in Other Languages
Why Katakana
In Japan, names from abroad are written in katakana, the script for words from other languages. Kanji versions of Western names are mostly invented, and a Japanese reader often sees odd meanings in them; the katakana is what a Japanese person would really write. More on katakana and names
