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きわた【木綿・木棉】 : kiwata | define meaning
kiwata
Pronunciation: /kiwata/
Definition
Noun
- Cotton
- Red silk-cotton tree (sp. Bombax ceiba)
Etymology
From き【木】 ki "tree" and わた【綿・棉】 wata "cotton, batting".
Historical attestations:
- Dictionarivm latino lvsitanicvm, ac Iaponicvm (1595) records "Bambacium, ij. Lus. Algodão. Iap. Qiuata".
- Vocabulary of the Japanese Language (1795), by Carl Peter Thunberg, records "Cotton, Kiwatta".
- An English and Japanese and Japanese and English Vocabulary (1830), by Walter Henry Medhurst, records "Silky cotton, Ki wa-ta, キ ワタ".
意味：もめん・きわた【木綿・木棉】、コットン、めんか【綿花・棉花】、パンヤのき【パンヤの木】