🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ばんしるー【蕃石榴】 : banshiruu | define meaning
banshiruu
Pronunciation: [ban̩ɕiɾuː]
Definition
Noun
- Common guava (Psidium guajava sp.); yellow guava
Etymology
Cognate with Amami ばんしろー banshiroo; Okinawan ばんしるー banshiruu; Miyako ばんちきろー banchikiroo; Yaeyama ばんちゅる banchuru; standard Japanese ばんじろう【蕃石榴】 banjirou, ばんざくろ【潘石榴】 banzakuro, ばんせきりゅう bansekiryuu and はんしりゅう hanshiryuu "common guava". Ultimately from Chinese 【番石榴】 "common guava" (cf. Mandarin fānshíliú; Cantonese faan1 sek6 lau4-2; Min Dong huăng-siŏh-liù; Teochew huang1 zioh8 liu5).
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 蕃石榴 |
| Kana | ばんしるー |
| Romanization | banshiruu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ban̩ɕiɾuː] |
意味：グアバ、ばんじろう・バンジロウ【蕃石榴】、ばんざくろ・バンザクロ【潘石榴】、ばんせきりゅう・バンセキリュウ、はんしりゅう・ハンシリュウ
Categories:
蕃石榴
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, August 3). ばんしるー【蕃石榴】 : banshiruu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 9, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6431/banshiruu/.