山芋

Chinese

mountain; hill Colocasia antiquorum
trad. (山芋)
simp. #(山芋)

Pronunciation


Noun

山芋

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan, Huizhou, dialectal Jin, Wu) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  2. (Yinchuan Mandarin) potato
  3. (literary or Wenzhounese) taro
  4. (Sichuanese) taro grown on dry land
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Alocasia odora (elephant ear)
  6. Alternative name for 薯蕷薯蓣 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam; Dioscorea polystachya”).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

山芋 (yamaimo): a variety of yamaimo for sale in a grocery.
Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
いも
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of (yama, mountain) + (imo, tuber, potato).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まいも [yàmáímó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠imo̞]

Noun

(やま)(いも) • (yamaimo) 

  1. Dioscorea japonica, a type of yam

Synonyms

  • 自然薯, 自然生 (じねんじょ, jinenjo; じねんじょう, jinenjō)
  • ヤマノイモ (yamanoimo)

See also

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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