finoki

English

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Was the Japanese 檜 (ひのき, hinoki) pronounced something like [ɸinoki] in the eighteenth century?”

Pronunciation

Homophone: finocchi

Noun

finoki (plural finoki)

Obsolete spelling of hinoki. [18th C.]