狐塚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狐 塚
きつね
Hyōgai 		つか > づか
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
狐塚 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”) + 塚(つか) (tsuka, “mound”). The tsuka reading for 塚 changes to zuka as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きつねづか [kìtsúnéꜜzùkà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲit͡sɨne̞zɨka̠]

Noun

狐(きつね)塚(づか) • (kitsunezuka) 

  1. foxhole

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “狐塚”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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