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きゅい【胡瓜】

kyui

Definition

Noun

  1. Cucumber

Etymology

Historically recorded in Gonza's works (ca. early 18th century) under the spelling киуи (kiui). Cognate to Kagoshima きうい kiui and きゅい kyui; Kikai きうい kiui; Okinawan きーうい kii'ui; standard Japanese きゅうり【胡瓜・黄瓜】 kyuuri "cucumber". Ultimately from 【胡・黄】 ki and うり【瓜】 uri "gourd".

意味:きゅうり【胡瓜】

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胡瓜