唐黍

Japanese

唐黍 (morokoshi kibi, morokoshi, tōkibi): sorghum.

Compound of 唐 (morokoshi, “China in general; (by extension) foreign”) +‎ 黍 (kibi, “millet”).

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) もろこしきび [mòrókóshí kíꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [5])
- IPA^(key): [mo̞ɾo̞ko̞ɕi kʲibʲi]

唐黍 (hiragana もろこしきび, rōmaji morokoshi kibi)

The longer term morokoshi kibi has been largely replaced by the shorter form morokoshi below.

唐黍 (morokoshi, tōkibi): maize.

Abbreviation of morokoshi kibi above, with the abbreviated reading then re-applied to the entire kanji compound.^[1]

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) もろこし [mòrókóshí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [mo̞ɾo̞ko̞ɕi]

唐黍 (hiragana もろこし, rōmaji morokoshi)

(sorghum): 蜀黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 唐黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 唐黍 (とうきび) (tōkibi), 高黍 (たかきび) (takakibi)
(maize): 玉蜀黍 (とうもろこし) (tōmorokoshi), 唐黍 (とうきび) (tōkibi)

The term 玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi) is more common for the maize sense.

/taukibi/ → /tɔːkibi/ → /toːkibi/

Compound of 唐 (tō, “Tang Dynasty; China in general; (by extension) foreign”) +‎ 黍 (kibi, “millet”).^[1]^[2]

Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) とーきび [tòókíꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ːkʲibʲi]

唐黍 (hiragana とうきび, rōmaji tōkibi)

(maize): 玉蜀黍 (とうもろこし) (tōmorokoshi)
(sorghum): 蜀黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 唐黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 高黍 (たかきび) (takakibi)

1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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