夏椿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夏 椿
なつ
Grade: 2 		つばき
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
沙羅
娑羅

Etymology

夏 (natsu, “summer”) +‎ 椿 (tsubaki, “camellia”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なつつばき [nàtsútsúꜜbàkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠t͡sɨt͡sɨba̠kʲi]

Noun

夏(なつ)椿(つばき) or 夏椿(ナツツバキ) • (natsutsubaki) 

  1. Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

References

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