波布草

Japanese edit

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波布草

Kanji in this term
波	布	草
は Grade: 3	ふ > ぶ Grade: 5	そう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 波布 (habu, “Okinawan habu”) +‎ 草 (sō, “grass”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) はぶそー [hàbúsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠bɯ̟ᵝso̞ː]

Noun edit

波(は)布(ぶ)草(そう) or 波布草(ハブソウ) • (habusō) ^{←はぶさう (fabusau)^?}

coffee senna

Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ハブソウ.

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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