太棹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太 棹
ふと
Grade: 2 		さお > ざお
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 太(ふと) (futo, “fat”) + 棹(さお) (sao, “neck of a shamisen”). The sao changes to zao as an instance of rendaku (連濁). First cited to a work from 1779.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふとざお [fùtózáó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊to̞za̠o̞]

Noun

太(ふと)棹(ざお) • (futozao) 

  1. One of the three main types of shamisen with a wide neck and a fat body.

See also

References

  1. ^ “太棹”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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