梯姑

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梯	姑
でい Jinmeiyō	こ > ご Hyōgai
kan'yōon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
梯梧

デイゴ on Japanese Wikipedia

Erythrina variegata on Wikipedia

Etymology

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Cognate with Okinawan 梯梧 (dīgu).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) でーご [dèégó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [de̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

梯(でい)姑(ご) or 梯姑(デイゴ) • (deigo)

Indian coral tree, Erythrina variegata
- 1992, Kazufumi Miyazawa (lyrics and music), “Shima Uta [Island Song]”, performed by The Boom, published 1993:
  
  でいごの花(はな)が咲(さ)き　風(かぜ)を呼(よ)び嵐(あらし)が来(き)た
  deigo no hana ga saki kaze o yobi arashi ga kita
  The coral flowers bloom, the winds call, [and] the storm has come.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

アメリカ梯(デイ)姑(ゴ) (Amerika deigo)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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