ナンバンギセル
Japanese
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| 南蛮煙管 |
ナンバンギセル (nanbangiseru): the Indian broomrape or forest ghost flower.
Etymology
Compound of 南蛮 (nanban, “southern barbarians”, in reference to the Spanish and Portuguese traders of the 1500s-1600s) + キセル (kiseru, “pipe”),[1][2] perhaps from the way that the flower and stem are shaped roughly like a European smoking pipe. The kiseru changes to giseru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First attested in the 日本植物名彙 (Nihon Shokubutsu Meii, “Japanese Plant Names”), a reference work from 1884.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) なんばんぎせる [nàńbáń gíꜜsèrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
- IPA(key): [nã̠mbã̠ŋ ʲɡʲise̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
ナンバンギセル • (nanban-giseru)
- Aeginetia indica: Indian broomrape or forest ghost flower
- Synonyms: 煙管草 (kiseru-sō), 思い草 (omoi-gusa) (archaic), オランダギセル (Oranda-giseru) (rare)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN