薩摩芋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薩 摩 芋
さつ
Jinmeiyō		 ま
Grade: S		 いも
Grade: S

Etymology

So called as it is produced in Satsuma Province, today part of western Kagoshima Prefecture.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さつまいも [sàtsúmá ímó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠t͡sɨᵝma̠ imo̞]

Noun

薩摩芋 (hiragana さつまいも, katakana サツマイモ, rōmaji Satsuma imo)

  1. a sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
    Synonyms: 唐芋 (karaimo, tōimo), 甘藷 (kansho), 蕃藷 (bansho), 琉球薯 (Ryūkyū imo)
    Hypernym: 昼顔 (hirugao)

Usage notes

  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as サツマイモ.

Derived terms

  • 薩 (さつ)摩 (ま)芋 (いも)飴 (あめ) (Satsuma-imo-ame, “sweet potato candy”)

Descendants

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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