梯姑

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梯	姑
でい Jinmeiyō	こ > ご Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
梯梧

Etymology

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Cognate with Okinawan 梯梧 (dīgu).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) でーご [dèégó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [de̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

梯(でい)姑(ご) or 梯姑(デイゴ) • (deigo)

the Indian coral tree, Erythrina variegata
- 1992, Kazufumi Miyazawa (lyrics and music), “Shima Uta [Island Song]”, performed by The Boom, published 1993:
  
  でいごの花(はな)も散(ち)り　さざ波(なみ)がゆれるだけ
  deigo no hana mo chiri sazanami ga yureru dake
  The coral flowers scatter, [and] only the ripples [of the sea] sway.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

アメリカ梯(デイ)姑(ゴ) (Amerika deigo)

References

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

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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