うどん

Japanese

Alternative spelling
饂飩 (now rare)

Alternative forms

(historical) うんどん (undon)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Chinese 餛飩／馄饨, or a blend of this term and 温(おん) (on, “warm”). Compare Japanese 餛飩.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うどん [ùdóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝdõ̞ɴ]

Noun

うどん • (udon)

udon (a type of Japanese wheat noodle)

Descendants

→ Cebuano: udong
- → Tagalog: udong
→ Chinese: 烏冬／乌冬 (wūdōng)
→ English: udon, odong
→ French: udon
→ Indonesian: udon
→ Italian: udon
→ Korean: 우동 (udong)
→ Tagalog: udon
→ Turkish: udon

References

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

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