蕃瓜樹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蕃 瓜 樹
ばん
Jinmeiyō 		か
Jinmeiyō 		じゅ
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

Listed in some Japanese dictionaries[1][2] as the Chinese name for papaya; however, this term does not appear in Chinese dictionaries.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばんかじゅ [bàńkáꜜjù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [bã̠ŋka̠ʑɨ]

Noun

蕃(ばん)瓜(か)樹(じゅ) • (bankaju) ←ばんくわじゆ (bankwazyu)?

  1. (very rare) synonym of パパイア (papaia, “papaya”), referring specifically to the tree and not the fruit

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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