Chinese

Noun

棗椰子

1. date palm

Synonyms

• 海棗／海枣

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 棗 ‎(natsume, “jujube”) +‎ 椰子 ‎(yashi, “palm”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なつめや​し [nàtsúméyáꜜshì] (Nakadaka - [4])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [na̠t͡sɯᵝme̞ja̠ɕi]

Noun

棗椰子 ‎(hiragana なつめやし, katakana ナツメヤシ, romaji natsumeyashi)

1. date palm

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