里芋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
里	芋
さと Grade: 2	いも Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 里(さと) (sato, “village”) + 芋(いも) (imo, “potato”). Literally, "village potato".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠to̞imo̞]
• (Tokyo) さといも [sàtóímó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

里(さと)芋(いも) or 里芋(サトイモ) • (satoimo) 

1. taro, a tropical root vegetable, Colocasia esculenta

   Synonyms: 畑芋 (hatake-imo), 唐の芋 (tō no imo), 家芋 (ietsuimo), 蓑芋 (mino-imo)

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

See also

• 芋茎(ずいき) (zuiki, “taro stem”)

References

• “里芋”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026