たきぎ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
薪
焚き木

Etymology

From 焚(た)き (taki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 焚(た)く (taku)) + 木(き) (ki, “wood”).[1][2][3] The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

たきぎ • (takigi) ←たきぎ (takigi)?

  1. kindling; firewood

References
  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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