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ちんくゎ・ちんくぁ【金瓜】

chinkwa

Pronunciation: [t͡ɕiŋ̍kʷa]

Definition

Noun

  1. Any pumpkin or squash of the genus Cucurbita, especially of the species Cucurbita moschata (which includes the Neck Pumpkin and the Butternut Squash, among others).

Etymology

Cognate to Wakayama きんか kinka; Okinawan ちんくゎ chinkwa; and the obsolete Japanese term きんか【金瓜】 kinka "pumpkin; gourd" (Middle Japanese きんくゎ kinkwa). Ultimately from Chinese 【金瓜】 "pumpkin" (cf. Mandarin jīnguā; Cantonese gam1 gwaa1; Eastern Min gĭng-guă; Hokkien kim-koe, kim-koa), pronounced *kim-kwae in Middle Chinese, itself a compound of 【金】 "gold" and 【瓜】 "gourd".

Historical attestations:

  • The Okinawan language dictionary (沖縄語典, 1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records the spelling ちんくわ chinkuwa.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji金瓜
Kanaちんくゎ
ちんくぁ
New Okinawa Mojiちん彩
Romanizationchinkwa
Pronunciation (IPA)[t͡ɕiŋ̍kʷa]

意味:かぼちゃ・カボチャ【南瓜】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, September 10). ちんくゎ・ちんくぁ【金瓜】 : chinkwa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2694/chinkwa/.