カミツレ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
加密列 (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kamille.[1] ツ represented 促音 (sokuon) at a time when Japanese did not have an orthographical distinction between ツ and ッ, and a geminated r was (and still is) foreign to Japanese; hence a spelling pronunciation of kamitsure instead of kamirre.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) カミ​ツレ [kàmíꜜtsùrè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • (Tokyo) カミツレ [kàmítsúré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mʲit͡sɨᵝɾe̞]

Noun

カミツレ • (kamitsure) 

  1. chamomile

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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