孝行芋

Japanese
Kanji in this term
孝 行 芋
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) + 芋(いも) (imo).

Noun

孝(こう)行(こう)芋(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:
      孝(こう)行(こう)芋(いも)の切(き)り干(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
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