胡瓜

Chinese

barbarian; recklessly; surname
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
trad. (胡瓜)
simp. #(胡瓜)

Pronunciation


Noun

胡瓜

  1. cucumber

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
きゅうり
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
黄瓜 (rare)

/kiuri//kʲuːri/

Sound shift of kiuri below. Now the modern Japanese word for "cucumber".

Pronunciation

Noun

胡瓜(きゅうり) or 胡瓜(キュウリ) • (kyūriきうり (kiuri) or キウリ (kiuri)?

  1. cucumber
    Synonym: 河童 (kappa)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キュウリ (kyūri).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō うり
Jinmeiyō
irregular kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
きうい
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō
Alternative spelling
黄瓜
For pronunciation and definitions of 胡瓜 – see the following entry.
黄瓜きうり
[noun] cucumber
黄瓜きうい
[noun] (Kagoshima) cucumber
(This term, 胡瓜, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
きゅい
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō

Noun

胡瓜(きゅい) • (kyui

  1. (Kagoshima) cucumber

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
そばうり
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Probably a compound of (そば) (soba, side) + (うり) (uri, gourd). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞ba̠ɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

胡瓜(そばうり) • (sobauri

  1. (obsolete) cucumber

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Kikai

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō
Alternative spelling
黄瓜

Noun

胡瓜(きうい) (kiui

  1. cucumber

References

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
きー
Jinmeiyō
うい
Jinmeiyō
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
黄瓜

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kiːʔui]

Noun

(きー)(うい) (kīui

  1. cucumber

References