すきぐし

Japanese
Alternative spellings
梳き櫛
梳櫛 (dated)
すき櫛

Etymology

From 梳(す)き (suki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 梳(す)く (suku)) + 櫛(くし) (kushi, “comb”). The kushi changes to gushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

すきぐし • (sukigushi) ←すきぐし (sukigusi)?

  1. fine-toothed comb
    Hypernym: くし (kushi, “comb”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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