わかめ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
若布
和布
稚海藻
裙蔕菜

Thought to derive from 若 (waka, “young, youth”) +‎ 海布 (me, “edible seaweed”).[1][2] Attested in the Man'yōshū of 759 as 和可米(わかめ) (wakame).[1][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

わかめ or ワカメ • (wakame) 

  1. a type of edible seaweed: Undaria pinnatifida, wakame
Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
若芽

From 若(わか) (waka-) + 芽(め) (me).

Pronunciation

Noun

わかめ • (wakame) ←わかめ (wakame)?

  1. young sprout

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 759, Man'yōshū, scroll 14, poem 3563. 万葉集/第十四巻 (in Japanese), Wikisource
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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