ひたき
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