烏羽玉

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	feather	jade
trad. (烏羽玉)		烏	羽	玉
simp. (乌羽玉)		乌	羽	玉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūyǔyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄩˇ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūyǔyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄩˇ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuyǔyù
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-yü³-yü⁴
    • Yale: wū-yǔ-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uyeuyuh
    • Palladius: уюйюй (ujujjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/

Noun

烏羽玉

1. peyote

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	羽	玉
う Jinmeiyō (ateji)	は > ば Grade: 2 (ateji)	たま Grade: 1
goon	kun’yomi

Etymology

Shift from 射干玉 (nubatama, ubatama), with the initial n- or m- dropping off.

The 烏羽 part, normally read as karasuba, literally “crow wings”, is compared to the color of the seed.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うばたま [ùbátámá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝba̠ta̠ma̠]

Noun

烏(う)羽(ば)玉(たま) • (ubatama) 

1. (botany) the seed of blackberry lily (Iris domestica), notable for being jet-black
2. a Japanese sweet made with 求肥 (gyūhi) wrapped in red bean paste, and sprinkled with white sugar
3. Synonym of ペヨーテ (peyōte): peyote

Derived terms

• 烏(う)羽(ば)玉(たま)の (ubatama no, pillow word)
• 烏(う)羽(ば)玉(たま)の筋(すじ) (ubatama no suji)