しょが【生姜・生薑・薑】 : shoga | define meaning

Cognate to Kagoshima しょが shoga and そが soga; Amami しょーが shooga; Okinawan (Nakijin and Shuri) そーがー soogaa; Okinawan (Ogimi) and Miyako (Hirara) そーが sooga; Miyako (Ogami) そーか sooka; Yaeyama (Taketomi) しょんげェ shongë [ɕoɴgə]; and standard Japanese ショウガ・しょうが【生姜・生薑・薑】 shouga "ginger". Also cognate to Korean 생강 saenggang "ginger". Ultimately from a Chinese compound of 【生】 "raw" and 【姜・薑】 "ginger" (cf. Mandarin jiāng; Cantonese goeng1 and giang1; Gan jiong1; Guandong kiông and giong1; Jin jion1; Min Bei gióng; Min Dong giŏng; Wu jian; Xiang jian1; Teochew gion1 and giên1; Hokkien kiuⁿ, kioⁿ, kiauⁿ, kiong and kiang).