やつざき

Japanese

Alternative spelling
八つ裂き

Etymology

From 八(や)つ (yatsu) + 裂(さ)き (saki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 裂(さ)く (saku).”). The saki changes to zaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やつざき [yàtsúzákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠t͡sɨza̠kʲi]

Noun

やつざき • (yatsuzaki) ^{←やつざき (yatuzaki)?}

1. tearing limb from limb