醤油

See also: 醬油

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しょう
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 3
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

/ɕauju//ɕɔːju//ɕoːju/

First attested in the mid-Muromachi period.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 醬油酱油 (jiàngyóu, literally thick paste + oil).

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)() (shōyu) しやうゆ (syauyu)?

  1. soy sauce
    Synonyms: 下地 (shitaji), (murasaki)
Derived terms
Proverbs
  • 醤油(しょうゆ)煮染(にし)めたよう (shōyu de nishimetayou, dipped in boiling soy sauce → very dirty)
  • 金時(きんとき)醤油(しょうゆ)() (Kintoki no shōyudaki)
Descendants
  • Dutch: soja, via Kagoshima dialect forms そい (soi)[3]そや (soya) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しょう
Hyōgaiji
ゆう
Grade: 3
kan’on
Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

/ɕaujiu//ɕɔːjuː//ɕoːjuː/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Shift from shōyu above?”)

Noun

(しょう)(ゆう) (shōyū) しやういう (syauiu)?

  1. (rare) soy sauce

Noun

醤油(そい) (soi) 

  1. (dialectal, Kagoshima) soy sauce

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. そい・しょい【醤油・醬油】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
そー
Hyōgaiji
ゆー
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, soy sauce).

Pronunciation

Noun

醤油 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 醬油, hiragana そーゆー, rōmaji sōyū)

  1. soy sauce

References

  1. 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”), 1963

Toku-No-Shima

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, soy sauce).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕoi]

Noun

醤油 (hiragana しょい, rōmaji shoi)

  1. (Asama) soy sauce

References

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