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やし【椰子】 : yashi | define meaning
yashi
Pronunciation: [jaɕi]
Definition
Noun
- Palm tree
- やーしぐゎー【椰子ぐゎー】
yaashi gwaa
"Coconut fruit"
- やーしぐゎー【椰子ぐゎー】
Etymology
Cognate with Tsushima やしを yashiwo; Nagasaki (Uku) and Kagoshima やし yashi /jaH/; Okinawan やーし yaashi; Tarama やしゅ yashu; Yaeyama (Hateruma) やし yashi; and standard Japanese やし【椰子】 yashi "palm tree". Ultimately from Chinese 【椰子】 "coconut" (cf. Mandarin yēzi, yézi; Cantonese je4 zi2; Min Dong ià-cī; Hokkien iâ-chí; Sino-Korean 야자 yaja), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *yae tsiX.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 椰子 |
| Kana | やし |
| Romanization | yashi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [jaɕi] |
意味：やし・ヤシ【椰子】
Categories:
椰子
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, November 14). やし【椰子】 : yashi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 24, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6704/yashi/.