めだけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
女竹雌竹

Etymology

From 女(め) (me, “female”) + 竹(たけ) (take, “bamboo”). The take changes to dake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めだけ [méꜜdàkè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞da̠ke̞]

Noun

めだけ or メダケ • (medake) ^{←めだけ (medake)^?}

Pleioblastus simonii, a bamboo used in crafts and pre-modern construction.

Usage notes

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

Coordinate terms

おだけ (odake, literally “male bamboo”)

References

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

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