接骨木

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接骨木

1. (botany) Sambucus williamsii

   Synonym: 扦扦活

• (Tokyo) にわとこ [nìwátókó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iβ̞a̠to̞ko̞]

接骨木(にわとこ) or 接骨木(ニワトコ) • (niwatoko) ^{←にはとこ (nifatoko)?}

1. Sambucus sieboldiana
   • 1911, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Nikkō Shōhin‎^[1]:

     対岸には接骨木めいた樹がすがれかかった黄葉を低れて力なさそうに水にうつむいた。

     On the opposite bank trees with look of red elders' near withering yellow leaves drooped and feebly hung their heads down to the water.

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

• 西洋接骨木(せいようにわとこ) (seiyōniwatoko, “black elder”)

From Middle Chinese compound 接骨木 (tsjep kwot muwk, literally “bonesetting + tree”).

• (Tokyo) せっこつぼく [sèkkótsúꜜbòkù] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞k̚ko̞t͡sɨbo̞kɯ̟]

接(せっ)骨(こつ)木(ぼく) • (sekkotsuboku) 

1. Sambucus sieboldiana

接骨木 • (jeopgolmok) (hangeul 접골목)

1. hanja form^? of 접골목 (“dwarf elder”)