ジャガイモ

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ジャガイモ (jagaimo): a bunch of potatoes.

Etymology

Alternative spellings
じゃがいも
ジャガ芋

Clipped compound of ジャガタラ (jagatara) +‎ 芋 (imo, “potato”).

ジャガタラ is a corruption of Dutch Djakarta, from Indonesian Jakarta.

The potato was first introduced to Japan via the Dutch East Indies, hence the Jakarta connection.

Pronunciation

Noun

ジャガイモ or じゃがいも • (jagaimo) 

  1. ジャガ芋: the potato, Solanum tuberosum: the plant or its edible tuber

Usage notes

  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

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