shakuhachi

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

end-blown fippleless bamboo flute

Translations

جنس فموى

جنس فموي

στοματικός έρωτας

flûte de bambou

coït buccal

sexualité orale

sesso orale

orale seks

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɑkuˈhɑt͡ʃiː/
Etymology

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

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