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I saw the word **歪形** written in a food blog and was surprised to learn that
the reading is **いがみなり** ([Weblio
Definition](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E6%AD%AA%E5%BD%A2)). If this were a
standard case of _jukujikun_ , I think it would be read differently. And it is
definitely not standard _ateji_ either since the meanings of the kanji are
clearly being employed. The いがみ part seems to resemble ゆがみ and also has the い
of いびつ - is it possible that it is some kind of hybrid of these two readings?
Is なり sometimes used as a type of glossary reading of the kanji 形？
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Why is 歪形 read as いがみなり?
Those just happen to be one reading of each of those characters. From my
dictionary (using **Gjiten** with **edict** in Linux)

>   * [歪]{いが}む → to warp; to swerve; to deflect; to be crooked; to be
> distorted; to be bent; to incline; to slant; to be perverted; to be gross-
> grained; to get bent; to be strained;
>     * [歪]{いが}み → (n) strain; distortion; deformation; bend;
>   * [形]{なり} → (n,adj-no) (uk) style; way; shape; form; appearance; state;
>

So it's not a 熟字訓; just two 訓読みs together.
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You might be aware of Japanese indigenous language (和語 wago) before Chinese
words were imported.

Imported Chinese characters having same/similar meaning were applied to Wago
but still being pronounced as the way it was. It is said kun-yomi. While on-
yomi is as you know well.

Wago "いがむ" and "ゆがむ" are phonetic variations, while "いびつ" has worse
connotation of being incomplete, so that, I believe they would be reluctant to
use いびつ at formal occasions such as dining gatherings.

Wago "なり" means 形. Like in idiom of なりふり構わず, なり is 形 and ふり is 振 or 挙動 in
modern Japanese.

So, wago いがみなり means 歪んだ形 and it can be written as 歪形. But I believe very few
Japanese people can read it いがみなり, when they encounter 歪形 on a paper or
monitor screen. Very possibly they will read it as わいけい, and I feel nobody can
blame them because wago いがみなり is not a general vocabulary for modern Japanese
life.

いがみなり is an archaic word and modern Japanese people will use 歪んだ形 for
expressing same matter.
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