しきぶとん

Japanese

Alternative spellings
敷き布団 敷布団 敷き蒲団 敷蒲団 敷きぶとん

Etymology

From 敷(し)き (shiki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 敷(し)く (shiku).”) + 布団(ふとん) (futon). The futon changes to buton as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しきぶ​とん [shìkíbúꜜtòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕikʲibɯ̟ᵝtõ̞ɴ]

Noun

しきぶとん • (shikibuton) ^{←しきぶとん (sikibuton)?}

1. futon that is laid on the floor

Coordinate terms

• かけぶとん (kakebuton)

See also

• Korean: 요 (yo)