西瓜
Chinese[edit]
| west | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (西瓜) | 西 | 瓜 | |
| simp. #(西瓜) | 西 | 瓜 | |
| Literally: “western melon”. | |||
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
西瓜
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 西 | 瓜 |
| すい Grade: 2 |
か Jinmeiyō |
| tōon | kan’on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 水瓜 |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 西瓜 (MC sej kwae, literally “west melon”). Compare modern Mandarin 西瓜 (xīguā, “watermelon”). Sui is the 唐音 (tōon) of 西.[1][2][3][4] There is an alternative spelling of 水瓜,[1][3][2][4][5] which may be seen as both ateji and a calque of English watermelon.
Various Japanese references indicate that the fruit was imported from China in the early Edo period in the 1600s.[1][3][2] However, the word is first attested in Japanese in a text from the 1360s, suggesting that the fruit was originally imported earlier, but did not become more widely known until the 1600s.[4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
西瓜 or 西瓜 • (suika) ←すいくわ (suikwa)?
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), as スイカ.
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “西瓜”, in デジタル大辞泉[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “西瓜・水瓜”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
Korean[edit]
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 西 | 瓜 |
Noun[edit]
Okinawan[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 西 | 瓜 |
| しー Grade: 2 |
くゎ Jinmeiyō |
| on’yomi | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
西瓜 or 西瓜 (shīkwa)
- watermelon
- Synonym: 広東瓜 (kwantuui)
References[edit]
- “シークヮ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
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