ほぶね

Japanese

Alternative spelling
帆船

Etymology

From 帆(ほ) (ho) + 船(ふね) (fune). The fune changes to bune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほぶね [hòbúné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞bɯ̟ᵝne̞]

Noun

ほぶね • (hobune) ^{←ほぶね (fobune)^?}

sailing ship, sailboat, sail
Synonyms: 帆船 (hansen), ヨット (yotto)
- 1908, 鳥啼歌
  帆(ほ)船(ふね)群(む)れゐぬ　靄(もや)の中(うち)
  hobune mureinu moya no uchi
  ships gather in the fog

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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