芒果
Chinese edit
phonetic | fruit; result | ||
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trad. (芒果) | 芒 | 果 | |
simp. #(芒果) | 芒 | 果 | |
alternative forms | 杧果 𣙷果 檬果 |
Etymology edit
From a Southeast Asian language, perhaps Malay mangga or a Tai word (Wei, 2000). The second character 果 (guǒ, “fruit”) is a phono-semantic matching or a literal translation.
First attested in 廣東通志初稿 [1535] (Yang, 1987):
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
芒果
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 芒果 (“mango”) [map]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Zhuang: makmanghgoj
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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芒 | 果 |
マンゴー | |
Hyōgaiji (ateji) |
Grade: 4 (ateji) |
irregular |
For pronunciation and definitions of 芒果 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 芒果, is an alternative spelling (ateji) of the above term.) |