わかめ
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Alternative spellings |
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| 若布 和布 稚海藻 裙蔕菜 |
Thought to derive from 若 (waka, “young, youth”) + 海布 (me, “edible seaweed”).[1][2] Attested in the Man'yōshū of 759 as 和可米 (wakame).[1][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) わかめ [wáꜜkàmè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][4][5]
- (Tokyo) わかめ [wàkáꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][4][5]
- IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠me̞]
Noun[edit]
- [from 759] a type of edible seaweed: Undaria pinnatifida, wakame
Usage notes[edit]
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Etymology 2[edit]
| Alternative spelling |
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| 若芽 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) わかめ [wàkáꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [2])[4]
- (Tokyo) わかめ [wàkámé] (Heiban – [0])[4]
- (Tokyo) わかめ [wáꜜkàmè] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
- IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠me̞]
Noun[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 759, Man'yōshū, scroll 14, poem 3563. 万葉集/第十四巻 (in Japanese), Wikisource
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN