行き止まり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	止
い Grade: 2	と > ど Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 行き (iki, “going”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 行く (iku, “to go”)) +‎ 止まり (tomari, “stopping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 止まる (tomaru, “to stop”)).^[1]^[2]^[3] The tomari changes to domari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

As a noun, first cited to a text from 1686.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いきどまり [ìkídómárí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ikʲido̞ma̠ɾʲi]

Noun

行(い)き止(ど)まり • (ikidomari)

[from 1686] a dead end, a cul-de-sac, a blind alley

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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