毬栗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毬 栗
いが
Jinmeiyō 		くり > ぐり
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 毬(いが) (iga, “burr, seed pod”) + 栗(くり) (kuri, “chestnut”). The kuri changes to guri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

毬(いが)栗(ぐり) • (igaguri) 

  1. burred chestnut
  2. short for 毬栗頭 (igaguri atama, “a closely cropped hairstyle”)
  3. (regional, Ehime prefecture) sea urchin

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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