きびがら

Japanese

Alternative spellings
黍稈 黍幹 黍殻 (most common)

Etymology

From 黍(きび) (kibi, “millet”) + 幹(から) (kara, “stem”). The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きびがら [kìbígárá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲibʲiɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

きびがら • (kibigara) ^{←きびがら (kibigara)?}

1. (uncommon) grain stalk
   • 1895, “雪の進軍”, 永井建子 (lyrics):

     夜(ヤ)具(グ)の黍(きび)殻(がら)　シッポリ濡(ぬ)れて

     yagu no kibigara shippori nurete

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   • 1923, 藤五代策, 山本鼎, 玩具手工と圖畫‎^[1], page 64:

     黍(きび)稈(がら)の長(なが)さ五(ご)寸(すん)位(くらい)のものをとり、ナイフの先(さき)で、莖(くき)の皮(かわ)の一(いち)部(ぶ)を絲(いと)の樣(やう)に剝(む)いて、兩(りやう)端(はし)を五(ご)分(ぶ)許(ばか)り殘(のこ)しておく。

     Kibigara no nagasa go-sun kurai no mono o tori, naifu no saki de, kuki no kawa no ichibu o ito no yō ni muite, ryōhashi o go-bu bakari nokoshite oku.

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See also

• 黍(きび)殻(がら)山(やま) (Kibigara-yama, “Mount Kibigara”)