梯姑

Japanese
Kanji in this term
梯 姑
でい
Jinmeiyō		 こ > ご
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon kan’on
Alternative spelling
梯梧

Etymology

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Cognate with Okinawan 梯梧 (dīgu).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) でーご [dèégó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [de̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

梯(でい)姑(ご) • (deigo) 

  1. the Indian coral tree, Erythrina variegata
    • 1992, Kazufumi Miyazawa (lyrics and music), “Shima Uta [Island Song]”, published 1993, performed by The Boom:
      でいごの花(はな)が咲(さ)き　風(かぜ)を呼(よ)び嵐(あらし)が来(き)た
      deigo no hana ga saki kaze o yobi arashi ga kita
      The coral flowers bloom, the winds call, [and] the storm has come.

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 デイゴ.

Derived terms
  • アメリカ梯(デイ)姑(ゴ) (Amerika deigo)

See also
  • 海(かい)紅(こう)豆(ず) (kaikōzu)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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