ギター

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English guitar.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ギター [gíꜜtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲita̠ː]

Noun

ギター (rōmaji gitā)

(music) a guitar
ギターを弾 (ひ)く
gitā o hiku
to play the guitar

Derived terms

電 (でん)気 (き)ギター (denki gitā, “electric guitar”)

Descendants

Hakka: 吉他 (kí-tá)
Min Nan: 吉他 (gì-tà, gih-tah)

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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