小刀

小刀

1. pocketknife; penknife
2. shortsword

• (pocketknife): (Cantonese, Min Nan) 刀仔; (Min Nan) 刀仔囝

From Middle Chinese compound 小刀 (sjew^X taw, literally “small + blade”). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiǎodāo, Cantonese siu² dou¹, Min Nan sió-to.

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) しょーとー [shòótóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːto̞ː]

小刀 (hiragana しょうとう, rōmaji shōtō, historical hiragana せうたう)

1. small knife, short sword

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 刀 (katana, “sword, blade”).[3][1][2] The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こがた​な [kògátáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) こが​たな [kògáꜜtànà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡa̠ta̠na̠]

小刀 (hiragana こがたな, rōmaji kogatana)

1. small knife, short sword

• The kogatana reading is more common than shōtō.

• 大 (た)刀 (ち) (tachi), 太 (た)刀 (ち) (tachi)

Compound of 小さ (chīsa, “small”, the stem of adjective 小さい chīsai) +‎ 刀 (katana, “sword, blade”). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• 小さ刀

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ちいさが​たな [chìíságáꜜtànà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiːsa̠ɡa̠ta̠na̠]

小刀 (hiragana ちいさがたな, rōmaji chīsagatana)

1. a specific kind of short sword without a hilt guard