Chinese

Noun

南瓜

1. pumpkin
2. cushaw; winter squash

Synonyms

• (pumpkin): 金瓜 (jīnguā), 倭瓜, 番瓜

Japanese

Etymology

From Portuguese Camboja ‎(“Cambodia”). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 南瓜.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) かぼちゃ [kàbóchá] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠bo̞t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

南瓜 ‎(hiragana かぼちゃ, katakana カボチャ, romaji kabocha)

1. pumpkin; squash

Synonyms

• 唐茄子 (とうなす) ‎(tōnasu), 南 (なん)京 (きん) ‎(nankin)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0