Sakaya
/sΙΛkΙΛjΙ/noun
A Japanese shop or business dealing in sake, especially a sake retailer or brewery.
Did you know?The suffix -ya appears in many Japanese trade words, identifying a shop or specialist establishment, so sakaya is structurally similar to words such as izakaya.
Etymological Timeline
Early Japanese
Japanese
ι (sake)
βAlcoholic drink, especially fermented rice wineβ
Classical Japanese
Japanese
ε± (ya)
βHouse, building, shop, or place of businessβ
Medieval Japanese
Japanese
ι ε± (sakaya)
βA sake seller, sake brewer, or liquor shopβ
Early Modern Japanese
Japanese
γγγ / ι ε±
βA business specializing in selling or producing sakeβ
Modern English
English
sakaya
βA Japanese sake shop or sake business, used as a loanwordβ