かちぐり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
勝栗 勝ち栗 搗栗 (uncommon) 搗ち栗 (uncommon)

Etymology

From 搗(か)ち (kachi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 搗(か)つ (katsu).”) + 栗(くり) (kuri). The kuri changes to guri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かちぐり [kàchíꜜgùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡ɕiɡɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

かちぐり • (kachiguri) ^{←かちぐり (katiguri)?}

1. dried chestnut

Usage notes

• Associated with the New Year.
• Also associated with victory in war via punning on 勝(か)ち (kachi, “victory”).