エレキギター

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from a modified short form of エレクトリック・ギター (erekutorikku gitā).[1] Compare エレキテル (erekiteru). Also compare ケーキ (kēki, “cake”), デッキ (dekki, “dekki”), プロキシ (purokishi, “proxy”) for the use of キ (ki) instead of the typical ク (ku) to transcribe the foreign sound /k/.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) エレキギ​ター [èrékí gíꜜtàà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ɾe̞kʲi ɡʲita̠ː]

Noun

エレキギター (rōmaji ereki gitā)

  1. Synonym of エレクトリック・ギター (“electric guitar”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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