パパイア

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Listed variously as borrowed from English papaya,[1] or from Latin from the species name Carica papaya.[2] An English derivation seems more likely historically, as the fruit is native to southern Mexico and Central America and was first imported into Japan in the mid-Meiji period, well after trading relations had been established with the United States.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) パパイア [pàpáꜜìà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [pa̠pa̠ia̠]

Noun

パパイア • (papaia) 

  1. papaya

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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