パパイア
Japanese
editAlternative forms
edit- パパイヤ (papaiya)
Etymology
editListed variously as borrowed from English papaya,[1] or from Latin from the species name Carica papaya.[2] An English derivation seems more likely historically, as the fruit is native to southern Mexico and Central America and was first imported into Japan in the mid-Meiji period, well after trading relations had been established with the United States.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSynonyms
edit- 蕃瓜樹 (bankaju) (exceedingly rare)