げたばこ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
下駄箱
げた箱

Etymology

From 下駄(げた) (geta, “clog”) + 箱(はこ) (hako, “box”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げたばこ [gètábákó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡe̞ta̠ba̠ko̞]

Noun

げたばこ • (getabako) ←げたばこ (getabako)?

  1. shoe cupboard (furniture)

References

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