ハスカップ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ainu ハㇱカプ (haskap, “haskap, honeyberry, blue honeysuckle”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ハスカップ [hàsúkáꜜppù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠sɨ̥ka̠p̚pɯ̟]

Noun

ハスカップ • (hasukappu) 

  1. Lonicera caerulea: the haskap, blue honeysuckle, or honeyberry, a deciduous shrub native to East Asia
  2. the fruit of Lonicera caerulea

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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