つくえ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
机案 (rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つくえ (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

つくえ • (tsukue) ^{←つくえ (tukue)^?}^{[n 1]}

desk; table
机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に本(ほん)が三(さん)冊(さつ)ある。
Tsukue no ue ni hon ga sansatsu aru.
There are three books on the desk.

Notes

^ In pre-WWII literature, the historical kana spelling was mistaken to be つくゑ. Sources from the Heian period show つくえ, which is now accepted as correct.

References

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

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