ぶな

Japanese

Alternative spellings
橅 (rare) 山毛欅 (rare) 椈 (rare)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶな [búꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝna̠]

Noun

ぶな • (buna)

橅, 山毛欅, 椈:[2] Japanese beech

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

犬橅(いぬぶな) (inubuna): Japanese beech (Fagus japonica)
ブナ科(か) (bunaka): Fagaceae
ブナ目(もく) (bunamoku): Fagales
ブナ属(ぞく) (bunazoku): Fagus

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
“ブナ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

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