ひたき
Japanese
editPronunciation 1
editEtymology
editReferred 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
editAs 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
editEtymology 1
editCompound 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
editCompound 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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: 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