縦笛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縦	笛
たて Grade: 6	ふえ > ぶえ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
縱笛 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

竪笛

Etymology

Compound of 縦 (tate, “vertical”) +‎ 笛 (fue, “flute”). The fue changes to bue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たてぶえ [tàtébúé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) たてぶえ [tàtéꜜbùè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠te̞bɯ̟e̞]

Noun

縦(たて)笛(ぶえ) • (tatebue)

(music) vertical flute
(music) recorder (musical instrument)

Synonyms

(recorder (musical instrument)): リコーダー (rikōdā), ブロックフレーテ (burokkufurēte)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN