ひたき

See also: ひたぎ, ひだき, ひだぎ, and びたき

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

• (Tokyo) ひたき [hìtákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çita̠kʲi]

Etymology

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.

Noun

ひたき or ヒタキ • (hitaki) 

1. 鶲, 火焼: an Old World flycatcher: a bird belonging to the Muscicapidae family

Usage notes

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

• (Tokyo) ひたき [hìtákíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [çita̠kʲi]

Etymology 1

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”)).

Noun

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

Compound of 日 (hi, “sun”) +‎ 滝 (taki, “waterfall”).

Proper noun

ひたき • (Hitaki) 

1. 日滝: a place name