ステッキ

Japanese

ステッキ (sutekki): various walking sticks.

ステッキ (sutekki): a composing stick used in typesetting.

Etymology

Borrowed from English stick.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ステッキ [sùtéꜜkkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [sɨte̞k̚ʲkʲi]

Noun

ステッキ • (sutekki) 

1. a Western-style cane or walking stick
2. (fantasy) a wand

   魔(ま)法(ほう)のステッキ ― mahō no sutekki ― magic wand

3. (printing) a composing stick: a tool used in typesetting to compose a text using movable type, before moving the text to the galley for printing

Related terms

• スティック (sutikku): a stick, such as lipstick or a hockey stick

See also

• 杖(つえ) (tsue): a cane, a walking stick