めだけ
Japanese
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女竹 雌竹 |
Etymology
From 女 (me, “female”) + 竹 (take, “bamboo”). The take changes to dake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) めだけ [méꜜdàkè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [me̞da̠ke̞]
Noun
めだけ or メダケ • (medake) ←めだけ (medake)?
- Pleioblastus simonii, a bamboo used in crafts and pre-modern construction.
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Coordinate terms
- おだけ (odake, literally “male bamboo”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN