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きうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】

kiui

Definition

Noun

  1. Cucumber

Etymology

Cognate to Kagoshima きうい kiui and きゅい kyui; Okinawan きーうい kii'ui; standard Japanese きゅうり【胡瓜・黄瓜】 kyuuri "cucumber". Ultimately from 【胡・黄】 ki and うり【瓜】 uri "gourd".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji胡瓜
黄瓜
Kanaきうい
Romanizationkiui

意味:きゅうり【胡瓜・黄瓜】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). きうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】 : kiui | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 1, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2100/kiui/.