木綿

Compound of 木 (ki, “tree”) +‎ 綿 (wata, “batting”).

• (Tokyo) き​わた [kíꜜwàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɰᵝa̠ta̠]

木(き)綿(わた) or 木綿(キワタ) • (kiwata) 

1. Bombax ceiba, a species of silk-cotton tree

   Synonym: パンヤの木 (pan'ya no ki)

2. cotton wool, as opposed to 真綿 (mawata, “silk wadding”)

   Synonym: 綿花 (menka)

木(き)綿(わた) • (Kiwata) 

1. a surname

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

/mokumen/ → */momːen/ → /momen/

Alteration of mokumen, itself derived from Middle Chinese elements 木 (moku, “tree”) + 綿 (men, “cotton”).

• (Tokyo) もめん [mòméń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞mẽ̞ɴ]

木(も)綿(めん) • (momen) 

1. cotton (fibre extracted from cotton seeds)

   Synonyms: コットン (kotton), 綿 (men)

2. Short for 木綿糸 (momen ito): cotton thread
3. Short for 木綿織り (momen-ori): an object woven from cotton

木(も)綿(めん) • (Momen) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

/jupu/ → /jufu/ → */juwu/ → /juː/

From Old Japanese.

Possibly from the verb 結う (yuu, “to tie up”), from the way such strings are used to tie sakaki branches in Shinto rituals. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Compare the development of 夕 (yū, “evening”).

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), likely from the similar texture and consistency of cotton.

• (Tokyo) ゆ​う [yúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝː]

木綿(ゆう) • (yuu) ^{←ゆふ (yufu)?}

1. string made from the fibres of a paper mulberry bark

• 楮(コウゾ) (kōzo, “paper mulberry tree”)

木綿(ゆう) • (Yuu) ^{←ゆふ (yufu)?}

1. a female given name

木綿 • (mongmyeon) (hangeul 목면)

1. Hanja form^? of 목면 (“cotton”).