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Japanese
バイト on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology 1
Clipping of アルバイト (arubaito), from German Arbeit.
Pronunciation
Noun
バイト • (baito)
- Clipping of アルバイト (arubaito, “part-time job”).
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- バイトの金が入ったのか…
- Baito no kane ga haitta no ka…
- Just got your part-time paycheck, didn’t ya…
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English byte.
Pronunciation
Noun
バイト • (baito)
- (computing) byte
Etymology 3
From Dutch beitel, English bit or English bite.
Pronunciation
Noun
バイト • (baito)
- a tool bit
Etymology 4
From English bite.
Noun
バイト • (baito)
- the act of biting or chewing
- the act of interlocking or fastening something (e.g. gears, fastener, etc.)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “バイト”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 “バイト”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN