shakuhachi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi), from 尺 (t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚, an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 (pˠɛt̚, “eight”), corresponding to the standard length of the instrument (approximately 55 centimeters).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shakuhachi (plural shakuhachis)
- (music) A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
- 2019, W. Anthony Sheppard, Extreme Exoticism: Japan in the American Musical Imagination, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 419:
- Sampled shakuhachi sounds on the E-mu Emulator II were heard in the 1980s in TV ads and also appeared prominently in popular songs, as in the opening section of Peter Gabriel's 1986 “Sledgehammer,” […]
Translations[edit]
flute
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shakuhachi
- (music) shakuhachi (instrument)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of shakuhachi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | shakuhachi | shakuhachit | ||
genitive | shakuhachin | shakuhachien | ||
partitive | shakuhachia | shakuhacheja | ||
illative | shakuhachiin | shakuhacheihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | shakuhachi | shakuhachit | ||
accusative | nom. | shakuhachi | shakuhachit | |
gen. | shakuhachin | |||
genitive | shakuhachin | shakuhachien | ||
partitive | shakuhachia | shakuhacheja | ||
inessive | shakuhachissa | shakuhacheissa | ||
elative | shakuhachista | shakuhacheista | ||
illative | shakuhachiin | shakuhacheihin | ||
adessive | shakuhachilla | shakuhacheilla | ||
ablative | shakuhachilta | shakuhacheilta | ||
allative | shakuhachille | shakuhacheille | ||
essive | shakuhachina | shakuhacheina | ||
translative | shakuhachiksi | shakuhacheiksi | ||
abessive | shakuhachitta | shakuhacheitta | ||
instructive | — | shakuhachein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
shakuhachi
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