檳榔子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
檳	榔	子
びん Hyōgai	ろう Hyōgai	し > じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

檳榔子 (binrōji): a ripe areca nut.

Etymology

Compound of 檳榔(びんろう) (binrō, “areca palm, betel palm”) + 子(し) (shi, “child”, also used as a diminutive suffix). The shi changes to ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びんろーじ [bìńróꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [bʲĩn̺ɾo̞ːʑi]

Noun

檳(びん)榔(ろう)子(じ) or 檳榔子(ビンロウジ) • (binrōji) ^{←びんらうじ (binrauzi)?}

1. areca nut or betel nut, the seed of the areca or betel palm, Areca catechu
2. a pitch black colour produced using betel nut juice

Usage notes

As with many terms used in biology, this term is often spelled in katakana.