なっぱ

Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
菜っ葉

Etymology edit

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 edit

(Tokyo) なっぱ [náꜜppà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠p̚pa̠]

Noun edit

なっぱ • (nappa)

vegetable leaf; leaf vegetable

Descendants edit

→ English: napa
- ⇒ English: napa cabbage

References edit

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

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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