檳榔子
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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檳 | 榔 | 子 |
びん Hyōgai |
ろう Hyōgai |
し > じ Grade: 1 |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 檳榔 (binrō, “areca palm, betel palm”) + 子 (shi, “child”, also used as a diminutive suffix). The shi changes to ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]檳榔子 or 檳榔子 • (binrōji) ←びんらうじ (binrauzi)?
- areca nut or betel nut, the seed of the areca or betel palm, Areca catechu
- a dark red color used in dyeing
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms used in biology, this term is often spelled in katakana.
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 檳 read as びん
- Japanese terms spelled with 榔 read as ろう
- Japanese terms spelled with 子 read as し
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji