玉蜀黍

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Noun

玉蜀黍

  1. corn; maize

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (玉蜀黍):
  • → Korean: 옥촉서(玉蜀黍) (okchokseo)

Others:

Japanese
玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi): a botanical illustration of the maize or corn plant.
Kanji in this term
玉 蜀 黍
とうもろこし
Grade: 1 Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Etymology

/taumorokoɕi/ → /tɔːmorokoɕi/ → /toːmorokoɕi/

Originally a compound of 唐 (tō, “Tang Dynasty; China in general; (by extension) foreign”) +‎ もろこし (morokoshi, “sorghum”),[1] from the visual similarities between the sorghum and maize plants.

The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓) from Chinese,[1] and appears to be a compound of 玉 (yù, “jade, jewel”) + 蜀黍 (shǔshǔ, “sorghum”, literally “Shu millet”). Compare modern Mandarin 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ, “maize”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) とーも​ろこし [tòómóꜜròkòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːmo̞ɾo̞ko̞ɕi]

Noun

玉蜀黍(とうもろこし) • (tōmorokoshi) ←たうもろこし (taumorokosi)?

  1. maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)

Usage notes

More common usage of the term is in katakana (トウモロコシ) or hiragana (とうもろこし) and perhaps never in kanji (玉蜀黍). For loose-kernel corn, the more common term in Japanese is コーン (kōn).

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.