しきぶとん

Japanese
Alternative spellings
敷き布団
敷布団
敷き蒲団
敷蒲団
敷きぶとん

Etymology

From 敷(し)き (shiki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 敷(し)く (shiku).”) + 布団(ふとん) (futon). The futon changes to buton as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しきぶ​とん [shìkíbúꜜtòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕikʲibɯ̟ᵝtõ̞ɴ]

Noun

しきぶとん • (shikibuton) ←しきぶとん (sikibuton)?

  1. futon that is laid on the floor

Coordinate terms

See also
  • Korean: 요 (yo)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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