うどん

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
饂飩 (now rare)
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Chinese 餛飩／馄饨, or a blend of this term and 温(おん) (on, “warm”). Compare Japanese 餛飩.

Pronunciation

Noun

うどん • (udon) 

  1. udon (a type of Japanese wheat noodle)

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: udong
  • → Chinese: 烏冬／乌冬 (wūdōng)
  • → English: udon, odong
  • → French: udon
  • → Indonesian: udon
  • → Italian: udon
  • → Korean: 우동 (udong)
  • → Tagalog: udon
  • → Turkish: udon

References

  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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