shakuhachi
English
Etymology
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").
Pronunciation
- enPR: shäko͞oʹhächē, shäʹko͞ohächē, IPA(key): /ʃɑkʰuˈhɑtʃiː/, /ʃɑkʰuhɑtʃiː/
- Hyphenation: sha‧ku‧ha‧chi
Noun
shakuhachi (plural shakuhachis)
- (music) A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of shakuhachi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
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