醤油

See also: 醬油

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しょう
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 3
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

/ɕauju//ɕɔːju//ɕoːju/

First attested in the mid-Muromachi period.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 醬油酱油 (jiàngyóu, literally thick paste + oil).

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)() • (shōyu) しやうゆ (syauyu)?

  1. soy sauce
    Synonyms: 下地 (shitaji), (murasaki)
Derived terms
Proverbs
  • 醤油(しょうゆ)煮染(にし)めたよう (shōyu de nishimetayou, dipped in boiling soy sauce → very dirty)
  • 金時(きんとき)醤油(しょうゆ)() (Kintoki no shōyudaki)
Descendants
  • Dutch: soja, via Kagoshima dialect forms そい (soi)[3]そや (soya) (see there for further descendants)
  • Hawaiian: koiū

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しょう
Hyōgaiji
ゆう
Grade: 3
kan’on
Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

/ɕaujiu//ɕɔːjuː//ɕoːjuː/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Shift from shōyu above?”)

Noun

(しょう)(ゆう) • (shōyū) しやういう (syauiu)?

  1. (rare) soy sauce

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with standard Japanese (しょう)() (shōyu) and Okinawan (そー)(ゆー) (sōyū).

Pronunciation

Noun

醤油(そい) or 醤油(しょい) • (soi or shoi) 

  1. (dialectal, Kagoshima) soy sauce
Descendants

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. そい・しょい【醤油・醬油】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
そー
Hyōgaiji
ゆー
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, soy sauce).

Pronunciation

Noun

(そー)(ゆー) (sōyū) 

  1. soy sauce

References

  1. ソーユー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

Toku-No-Shima

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
醬油 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, soy sauce).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕoi]

Noun

醤油(しょい) (shoi) 

  1. (Asama) soy sauce

References

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