とちのき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
栃の木橡の木

Etymology

From 栃(とち) (tochi) + の (no) + 木(き) (ki).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とちのき [tóꜜchìnòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) とちのき [tòchínóꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞t͡ɕino̞kʲi]

Noun

とちのき or トチノキ • (tochi-no-ki) ^{←とちのき (toti-no-ki)^?}

Aesculus turbinata

Usage notes

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

References

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

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