Japanese

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Alternative spellings
梳き櫛
梳櫛 (dated)
すき櫛

Etymology

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From () (suki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (suku)) + (くし) (kushi, comb). The kushi changes to gushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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すきぐし (sukigushiすきぐし (sukigusi)?

  1. fine-toothed comb
    Hypernym: くし (kushi, comb)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN