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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
椰子
- coconut (Classifier: 顆/颗 m; 個/个 m c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
椰子 (“coconut”)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 椰子 (jia t͡sɨX).
Pronunciation
Noun
椰子 or 椰子 • (yashi)
- coconut palm, or more generally, any palm tree
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヤシ.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 油椰子 (abura yashi, “African oil palm”)
- アレカ椰子 (areka yashi, “areca palm”)
- ココ椰子 (koko yashi, “coconut palm”)
- サゴ椰子 (sago yashi, “sago palm”)
- 砂糖椰子 (satō yashi, “sugar palm”)
- 象牙椰子 (zōge yashi, “ivory palm”)
- 大王椰子 (daiō yashi, “royal palm”)
- テーブル椰子 (tēburu yashi, “parlour palm”)
- 棗椰子 (natsumeyashi, “date palm”)
- ニッパ椰子 (nippa yashi, “nipa palm”)
- 椰子科 (yashika, “Arecaceae”)
- 椰子蟹 (yashigani, “coconut crab”)
- 椰子糖 (yashitō, “palm sugar”)
- 椰子油 (yashiyu, “coconut oil”)
- ラフィア椰子 (rafia yashi, “raffia palm”)
- 蝋椰子 (rōyashi, “carnauba palm”)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
Korean
Noun
椰子 • (yaja) (hangeul 야자)
- hanja form? of 야자 (“coconut palm”)