蕃瓜樹

Japanese
Kanji in this term
蕃 瓜 樹
ばん
Jinmeiyō		 か
Jinmeiyō		 じゅ
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Listed in some Japanese dictionaries[1][2] as the Chinese name for papaya; however, this term does not appear in Chinese dictionaries.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ばんか​じゅ [bàńkáꜜjù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [bã̠ŋka̠ʑɨᵝ]

Noun

蕃(ばん)瓜(か)樹(じゅ) • (bankaju) ←ばんくわじゆ (bankwazyu)?

  1. (very rare) Synonym of パパイア (papaia, “papaya”), referring specifically to the tree and not the fruit

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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