ひたき
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Japanese[edit]
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- 鶲, 火焼: an Old World flycatcher: a bird belonging to the Muscicapidae family
Usage notes[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Compound of 火 (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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Compound of 日 (hi, “sun”) + 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).
Proper noun[edit]
- 日滝: a place name
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 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