胡瓜

胡瓜

1. cucumber

/kiuri/ → /kʲuːri/

Sound shift of kiuri below. Now the modern Japanese word for "cucumber".

• (Tokyo) きゅうり [kyúꜜùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːɾʲi]

胡瓜(きゅうり) or 胡瓜(キュウリ) • (kyūri) ^{←きうり (kiuri) or キウリ (kiuri)?}

1. cucumber

   Synonym: 河童 (kappa)

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

Originally a compound of 黄(き) (ki, “yellow”) + 瓜(うり) (uri, “gourd”).^[2]

• (Tokyo) きうり [kíꜜùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɯ̟ɾʲi]

胡瓜(きうり) • (kiuri) 

1. cucumber

胡瓜(きうい) • (kiui) 

1. (Kagoshima) cucumber

胡瓜(きゅい) • (kyui) 

1. (Kagoshima) cucumber

Probably a compound of 側(そば) (soba, “side”) + 瓜(うり) (uri, “gourd”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): [so̞ba̠ɯ̟ɾʲi]

胡瓜(そばうり) • (sobauri) 

1. (obsolete) cucumber

• “きうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “きゅい【胡瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

胡瓜(きうい) (kiui) 

1. cucumber

• “きうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

• IPA^(key): [kiːʔui]

胡(きー)瓜(うい) (kīui) 

1. cucumber

• “きーうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “キーウィ（きーうぃ）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
• “キーウイ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).