🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
いじゅ【伊集】 : iju | define meaning
iju
Pronunciation: [ʔid͡ʑu]
Definition
Noun
- Needlewood (Schima wallichii subsp. liukiuensis)
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima (Takarajima) いじゅうのき ijuu no ki; Amami (all islands), Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu and Okinawa いじゅ iju; Amami, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu and Kunigami (Oku) いじゅー ijuu; Amami (Shokazu) いじゅんき ijunki; Okinoerabu (Amata) いじゅき ijuki; Kunigami (Oku) いじゅーぎー ijuugii and いずー izuu; Okinawan っんじゅ qnju ~ 'nju; and Okinawan っんじゅぬき qnju nu ki ~ 'nju nu ki "needlewood tree (Schima wallichii subsp. liukiuensi)". Borrowed into standard Japanese as イジュ・いじゅ【伊集】 iju "needlewood tree".
Likely also cognate with Yaeyama (Iriomote) いぞき izoki [ʔidzoki]; Yaeyama (Iriomote) いじょーき ijooki; Yaeyama (Kohama) いんじょーぎ injoogi; Yaeyama (Komi) いじゅき ijuki; Yaeyama (Hatoma) いぞいきー izoikii [ʔidzoikiː]; and Yonaguni いーず iizu "Japanese ternstroemia (Ternstroemia gymnanthera sp.)".
Regional accounts of both the Japanese ternstroemia tree and the needlewood tree describe using their bark to create fish-stupefying poison.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 伊集 |
| Kana | いじゅ |
| Romanization | iju |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔid͡ʑu] |
意味：いじゅ・イジュ【伊集】