たすけぶね

たすけぶね

Japanese

Alternative spellings
助け船 助船 (dated) 助け舟

Etymology

From 助(たす)け (tasuke, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 助(たす)ける (tasukeru).”) + 船(ふね) (fune). The fune changes to bune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たすけぶ​ね [tàsúkébúꜜnè] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
• (Tokyo) たすけ​ぶね [tàsúkéꜜbùnè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠sɨᵝke̞bɯ̟ᵝne̞]

Noun

たすけぶね • (tasukebune) ^{←たすけぶね (tasukebune)?}

1. lifeboat
2. (figuratively) aid to someone who is in a pinch

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN