ハスカップ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ainu ハㇱカプ (haskap, “haskap, honeyberry, blue honeysuckle”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ハスカ​ップ [hàsúkáꜜppù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠sɨ̥ᵝka̠p̚pɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ハスカップ • (hasukappu) 

  1. Lonicera caerulea: the haskap, blue honeysuckle, or honeyberry, a deciduous shrub native to East Asia
  2. the fruit of Lonicera caerulea

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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