烏羽玉

Chinese
 
a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
 feather jade
trad. (烏羽玉) 烏 羽 玉
simp. (乌羽玉) 乌 羽 玉

Pronunciation

Noun

烏羽玉

  1. peyote

Japanese
Kanji in this term
烏 羽 玉
う
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)		 は > ば
Grade: 2
(ateji)		 たま
Grade: 1
goon kun’yomi

Etymology

Shift from 射干玉 (nubatama, ubatama), with the initial n- or m- dropping off.

The 烏羽 part, normally read as karasuba, literally “crow wings”, is compared to the color of the seed.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うばたま [ùbátámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝba̠ta̠ma̠]

Noun

烏(う)羽(ば)玉(たま) • (ubatama) 

  1. (botany) the seed of blackberry lily (Iris domestica), notable for being jet-black
  2. a Japanese sweet made with 求肥 (gyūhi) wrapped in red bean paste, and sprinkled with white sugar
  3. Synonym of ペヨーテ (peyōte): peyote

Derived terms
  • 烏(う)羽(ば)玉(たま)の (ubatama no, pillow word)
  • 烏(う)羽(ば)玉(たま)の筋(すじ) (ubatama no suji)

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