杜鵑草

Japanese
Kanji in this term
杜 鵑 草
ほととぎす
Jinmeiyō Hyōgaiji Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
時鳥草
油点草
杜鵑草 (hototogisu): a toad lily flower on Mount Hongū, Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture.

Etymology

Shift in meaning of ほととぎす (hototogisu, “lesser cuckoo”).

The spelling is a compound of 杜鵑(ほととぎす) (hototogisu, “lesser cuckoo”) + 草(そう) (sō, “herb”), as a means of clarifying that this term refers to the plant.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほとと​ぎす [hòtótóꜜgìsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞to̞to̞ɡʲisɨᵝ]

Noun

杜鵑草(ほととぎす) or 杜鵑草(ホトトギス) • (hototogisu) 

  1. the toad lily, Tricyrtis hirta
    Hypernym: 百合 (yuri)

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 ホトトギス.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 黄(キ)花(バナ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (kibana hototogisu)
  • 薩(サツ)摩(マ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (Satsuma hototogisu)
  • 上(ジョウ)﨟(ロウ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (jōrō hototogisu)
  • 高(タカ)隈(クマ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (Takakuma hototogisu)
  • 玉(タマ)川(ガワ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (Tamagawa hototogisu)
  • 山(ヤマ)杜鵑草(ホトトギス) (yama hototogisu)

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