孝行芋

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
こう
Grade: 2
いも
Grade: S
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
孝行藷
孝行薯

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apparently 孝行(こうこう) (kōkō) + (いも) (imo).

Noun

(こう)(こう)(いも) (kōkōimo

  1. (Tsushima) sweet potato
    Synonym: (standard Japanese) 薩摩芋 (satsuma-imo)
    • 1758, 肝煎(きもいり)血判頭百姓之差図方並心得; quoted in “文化”, in つしま百科, 長崎県対馬振興局, 2016 March:
      (こう)(こう)(いも)()(ぼし)
      kōkōimo no kiriboshi
      dried slices of kōkōimo

Descendants

  • Korean: 고구마 (goguma, sweet potato)

Further reading

  • 小倉進平 (1924) “對馬方言と朝鮮語との交渉:朝鮮語に及ぼした對馬方言の影響”, in 南部朝鮮の方言, 朝鮮史學會, page 199