shakuhachi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi), from Middle Chinese 尺八 (t͡ʃʰjek-pɛt, shakuhachi; bamboo flute), from (an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + (eight), corresponding to the standard length of the instrument (approximately 55 centimeters).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑkuˈhɑt͡ʃiː/
  • Hyphenation: sha‧ku‧ha‧chi

Noun

shakuhachi (plural shakuhachis)

  1. (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


Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑkuhɑtʃi/, [ˈʃɑkuˌhɑt̪ʃi]
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑkuhɑtsi/, [ˈʃɑkuˌhɑts̠i]

Noun

shakuhachi

  1. (music) shakuhachi (instrument)

Declension

Inflection of shakuhachi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive shakuhachein
abessive shakuhachitta shakuhacheitta
comitative shakuhacheineen
Possessive forms of shakuhachi (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person shakuhachini shakuhachimme
2nd person shakuhachisi shakuhachinne
3rd person shakuhachinsa

Japanese

Romanization

shakuhachi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しゃくはち
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