ひたき

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Japanese

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Pronunciation 1

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Etymology

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Referred originally just to the 尉鶲 (jō bitaki, Phoenicurus auroreus or Daurian redstart), later came to refer to a number of visually similar species.

Likely a shift from 火焚き (hitaki, lighting a fire) below, from the characteristic call of the bird, which resembles the sound of striking a flint against a firestarter.[1][2][3]

Noun

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ひたき or ヒタキ (hitaki

  1. , 火焼: an Old World flycatcher: a bird belonging to the Muscicapidae family
Usage notes
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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒタキ.

Pronunciation 2

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Etymology 1

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Compound of (hi, fire) +‎ 焚き (taki, burning, lighting, setting alight, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 焚く (taku, to burn, to light, to set alight)).[1][2][3]

Noun
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ひたき (hitaki

  1. 火焚き, 火焼き: building a fire; watchman responsible for keeping fires alit; a place where a fire can be lit (furnace, hearth, etc.)

Etymology 2

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Compound of (hi, sun) +‎ (taki, waterfall).

Proper noun
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ひたき (Hitaki

  1. 日滝: a place name

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN