ひたき
See also: ひたぎ, ひだき, ひだぎ, and びたき
Japanese
Etymology
Referred originally just to the 尉鶲 (jō bitaki, “Phoenicurus auroreus or Daurian redstart”), later came to refer to a number of visually similar species.
Likely a shift from 火焚き (hitaki, “lighting a fire”) below, from the characteristic call of the bird, which resembles the sound of striking a flint against a firestarter.[1][2][3]
Noun
ひたき (katakana ヒタキ, rōmaji hitaki)
- 鶲, 火焼: an Old World flycatcher: a bird belonging to the Muscicapidae family
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ヒタキ.
Etymology 1
Compound of 火 (hi, “fire”) + 焚き (taki, “burning, lighting, setting alight”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 焚く (taku, “to burn, to light, to set alight”)).[1][2][3]
Noun
ひたき (rōmaji hitaki)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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