🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
たき【竹】 : taki | define meaning
taki
Pronunciation: [taki]
Definition
Noun
- Bamboo
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan だき daki and たき taki; and standard Japanese たけ【竹】 take "bamboo".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Bamboo-cane. Dákee".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 竹 |
| Kana | たき |
| Romanization | taki |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [taki] |
意味：たけ【竹】
Categories:
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 9). たき【竹】 : taki | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3546/taki/.