ちがいだな

Japanese

Alternative spellings
違い棚 違棚

Etymology

From 違(ちが)い (chigai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 違(ちが)う (chigau).”) + 棚(たな) (tana). The tana changes to dana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちがい​だな [chìgáíꜜdànà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɡa̠ida̠na̠]

Noun

ちがいだな • (chigaidana) ^{←ちはぎだな (tifagidana)?}

1. staggered shelves (two shelves at different heights, each one extending from one wall while not touching the other wall, but mutually joined in the middle with a vertical segment)