檳榔
Chinese edit
phonetic | |||
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trad. (檳榔) | 檳 | 榔 | |
simp. (槟榔) | 槟 | 榔 | |
alternative forms | 賓桹/宾桹 賓郎/宾郎 |
Etymology edit
Described in Qimin Yaoshu [544 CE] and Taiping Yulan [983 CE].
Borrowed from a Southern language, possibly a Mon-Khmer or Austronesian language. Compare Northern Khmer นาดพลฺืง (“a kind of betel leaf bush”), Thavung พะเล้อฺ (“betel”); Proto-Vietic *p-naːŋ; Eastern Katu panang; Malay pinang; Acehnese pineung, Tsat naːŋ³³ (< Proto-Chamic *pinaːŋ (“betel nut”)), as well as Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml[əw] (“betel”), whence Khmer ម្លូ (mluu), Northern Khmer มลู, Vietnamese trầu (< Proto-Vietic *b-luː), Thai พลู (pluu) and perhaps Chinese 扶留 (OC *pa/ba m·ru/m·rus, “a leaf chewed together with betel nut”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
檳榔
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- (Min Nan) “Entry #12549”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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檳 | 榔 |
びん Hyōgaiji |
ろう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
From Chinese 檳榔/槟榔 (bīngláng), itself from Malay pinang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
檳榔 or 檳榔 • (binrō) ←びんらう (binrau)?
- Areca catechu, the areca or betel palm
Usage notes edit
As with many terms in biology, this term is often spelled in katakana.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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檳 | 榔 |
び Hyōgaiji |
ろう Hyōgaiji |
irregular |
Unknown. From Chinese, but the use of this term as an alternative spelling is of uncertain derivation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
檳榔 or 檳榔 • (birō) ←びらう (birau)?
- alternative spelling of 蒲葵 (birō): Livistona chinensis (Chinese fan palm)
Usage notes edit
As with many terms in biology, this term is often spelled in katakana.