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 尺 (an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 (“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)
- (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,” […]
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Translations
flute
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Finnish
Etymology
From Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑkuhɑtʃi/, [ˈʃɑkuˌhɑt̪ʃi]
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑkuhɑtsi/, [ˈʃɑkuˌhɑts̠i]
Noun
shakuhachi
- (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
- Rōmaji transcription of しゃくはち