🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
はっか 【薄荷】 : hakka | define meaning
hakka
Pronunciation: [hakka]
Definition
Noun
- (Herb) Mint
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan はっか hakka and ふぁっか fakka; Yaeyama (Hatoma) はっか hakka; and standard Japanese はっか 【薄荷】 hakka "mint". Ultimately from Chinese 【薄荷】 "mint" (cf. Mandarin bòhé; Cantonese bok6 ho4; Hakka pho̍k-hò; Hokkien po̍h-hô and po̍k-hô; Wu 6bu-hu; Sino-Korean 박하 bakha; Sino-Vietnamese bạc hà), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *bak ha.
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「はくか」薄荷（ハクカ）、藥草ノ名之ヨリ藥ヲ採ル".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 薄荷 |
| Kana | はっか |
| Romanization | hakka |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [hakka] |
意味：はっか 【薄荷】、ミント
Categories:
薄荷
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 1). はっか 【薄荷】 : hakka | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6831/hakka/.