ちがいだな

Japanese

Alternative spellings
違い棚
違棚

Etymology

From 違(ちが)い (chigai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 違(ちが)う (chigau).”) + 棚(たな) (tana). The tana changes to dana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちがいだな [chìgáíꜜdànà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiɡa̠ida̠na̠]

Noun

ちがいだな • (chigaidana) ←ちはぎだな (tifagidana)?

  1. staggered shelves (two shelves at different heights, each one extending from one wall while not touching the other wall, but mutually joined in the middle with a vertical segment)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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