# shakuhachi
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi), from 尺 (t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚, an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 (pˠɛt̚, “eight”), corresponding to the standard length of the instrument (approximately 55 centimeters).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɑkuˈhɑt͡ʃiː/
* Hyphenation: sha‧ku‧ha‧chi

### Noun

shakuhachi (plural shakuhachis)
* (music) A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
** 2019, W. Anthony Sheppard, Extreme Exoticism: Japan in the American Musical Imagination, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 419:Sampled shakuhachi sounds on the E-mu Emulator II were heard in the 1980s in TV ads and also appeared prominently in popular songs, as in the opening section of Peter Gabriel's 1986 “Sledgehammer,” […]

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃɑkuhɑtʃi/, [ˈʃɑ̝kuˌhɑ̝t̪ʃi]
* IPA: /ˈʃɑkuhɑtsi/, [ˈʃɑ̝kuˌhɑ̝ts̠i]
* Rhymes: -ɑtʃi

### Noun

shakuhachi
* (music) shakuhachi (instrument)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of shakuhachi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shakuhachini
shakuhachini
accusative
nom.
shakuhachini
shakuhachini
gen.
shakuhachini
genitive
shakuhachini
shakuhachieni
partitive
shakuhachiani
shakuhachejani
inessive
shakuhachissani
shakuhacheissani
elative
shakuhachistani
shakuhacheistani
illative
shakuhachiini
shakuhacheihini
adessive
shakuhachillani
shakuhacheillani
ablative
shakuhachiltani
shakuhacheiltani
allative
shakuhachilleni
shakuhacheilleni
essive
shakuhachinani
shakuhacheinani
translative
shakuhachikseni
shakuhacheikseni
abessive
shakuhachittani
shakuhacheittani
instructive
comitative
—shakuhacheineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shakuhachisi
shakuhachisi
accusative
nom.
shakuhachisi
shakuhachisi
gen.
shakuhachisi
genitive
shakuhachisi
shakuhachiesi
partitive
shakuhachiasi
shakuhachejasi
inessive
shakuhachissasi
shakuhacheissasi
elative
shakuhachistasi
shakuhacheistasi
illative
shakuhachiisi
shakuhacheihisi
adessive
shakuhachillasi
shakuhacheillasi
ablative
shakuhachiltasi
shakuhacheiltasi
allative
shakuhachillesi
shakuhacheillesi
essive
shakuhachinasi
shakuhacheinasi
translative
shakuhachiksesi
shakuhacheiksesi
abessive
shakuhachittasi
shakuhacheittasi
instructive
comitative
—shakuhacheinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shakuhachimme
shakuhachimme
accusative
nom.
shakuhachimme
shakuhachimme
gen.
shakuhachimme
genitive
shakuhachimme
shakuhachiemme
partitive
shakuhachiamme
shakuhachejamme
inessive
shakuhachissamme
shakuhacheissamme
elative
shakuhachistamme
shakuhacheistamme
illative
shakuhachiimme
shakuhacheihimme
adessive
shakuhachillamme
shakuhacheillamme
ablative
shakuhachiltamme
shakuhacheiltamme
allative
shakuhachillemme
shakuhacheillemme
essive
shakuhachinamme
shakuhacheinamme
translative
shakuhachiksemme
shakuhacheiksemme
abessive
shakuhachittamme
shakuhacheittamme
instructive
comitative
—shakuhacheinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shakuhachinne
shakuhachinne
accusative
nom.
shakuhachinne
shakuhachinne
gen.
shakuhachinne
genitive
shakuhachinne
shakuhachienne
partitive
shakuhachianne
shakuhachejanne
inessive
shakuhachissanne
shakuhacheissanne
elative
shakuhachistanne
shakuhacheistanne
illative
shakuhachiinne
shakuhacheihinne
adessive
shakuhachillanne
shakuhacheillanne
ablative
shakuhachiltanne
shakuhacheiltanne
allative
shakuhachillenne
shakuhacheillenne
essive
shakuhachinanne
shakuhacheinanne
translative
shakuhachiksenne
shakuhacheiksenne
abessive
shakuhachittanne
shakuhacheittanne
instructive
comitative
—shakuhacheinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
shakuhachinsa
shakuhachinsa
accusative
nom.
shakuhachinsa
shakuhachinsa
gen.
shakuhachinsa
genitive
shakuhachinsa
shakuhachiensa
partitive
shakuhachiaan shakuhachiansa
shakuhachejaan shakuhachejansa
inessive
shakuhachissaan shakuhachissansa
shakuhacheissaan shakuhacheissansa
elative
shakuhachistaan shakuhachistansa
shakuhacheistaan shakuhacheistansa
illative
shakuhachiinsa
shakuhacheihinsa
adessive
shakuhachillaan shakuhachillansa
shakuhacheillaan shakuhacheillansa
ablative
shakuhachiltaan shakuhachiltansa
shakuhacheiltaan shakuhacheiltansa
allative
shakuhachilleen shakuhachillensa
shakuhacheilleen shakuhacheillensa
essive
shakuhachinaan shakuhachinansa
shakuhacheinaan shakuhacheinansa
translative
shakuhachikseen shakuhachiksensa
shakuhacheikseen shakuhacheiksensa
abessive
shakuhachittaan shakuhachittansa
shakuhacheittaan shakuhacheittansa
instructive
comitative
—shakuhacheineen shakuhacheinensa :

## Japanese
### Romanization

shakuhachi
* Rōmaji transcription of しゃくはち