菜っ葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菜 葉
な
Grade: 4 		は > ぱ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 菜(な) (na, “vegetable”) + 葉(は) (ha, “leaf”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “detail on tensing that produced /-ppa/”)

Pronunciation

Noun

菜(な)っ葉(ぱ) • (nappa) 

  1. vegetable leaf; leaf vegetable

Descendants

  • → English: napa

References

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