南瓜

Chinese

south
 
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (南瓜)
simp. #(南瓜)
南瓜

Pronunciation


Noun

南瓜

  1. pumpkin; winter squash (plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠸᠠ (laŋɣuwa) / лангуа (langua)
  • Zhuang: namzgva

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

From Portuguese Camboja (Cambodia).[1] The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 南瓜 (nánguā). Doublet of カンボジア.

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

南瓜(カボチャ) (kabocha) 

  1. pumpkin; squash

Synonyms

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. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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