いも

Japanese

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芋いも

Alternative spelling
芋いも

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese, attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.^[1] May be a shift from older form うも (umo),^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] ultimately from Proto-Japonic *umo.

Cognate with Okinawan 芋いも ('nmu).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いも [ìmóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[6]^[7]^[8]
IPA^(key): [imo̞]

Noun

いも • (imo)

[from 720] edible tuber
1. potato
2. sweet potato
3. yam
4. taro

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 イモ.

Derived terms

References

^ “芋いも・薯いも・藷いも”, in 日本にっぽん国語こくご大だい辞典じてん‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語こくご大だい辞典じてん（新装しんそう版ばん） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ “芋いも”, in 日本にっぽん国語こくご大だい辞典じてん‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “芋いも”, in デジタル大辞泉だいじせん‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新しん明解めいかい国語こくご辞典じてん (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

From 芋虫いもむし(いもむし) (imomushi), from a player character's resemblance to a caterpillar once moving while prone.

Noun

いも • (imo)

(video games) camper, a person who stays in one spot in a first-person shooting game

Derived terms

芋いも(いも)スナイパー (imo sunaipā, “a camper who plays as a sniper”)
芋いも砂すな(いもすな) (imosuna)
芋いも(いも)る (imoru, “to camp”)

[KDJ2-1] “芋いも・薯いも・藷いも”, in 日本にっぽん国語こくご大だい辞典じてん‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[KDJ-2] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語こくご大だい辞典じてん（新装しんそう版ばん） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ2-umo-3] “芋いも”, in 日本にっぽん国語こくご大だい辞典じてん‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-芋-4] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DDJS-5] “芋いも”, in デジタル大辞泉だいじせん‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-6] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-7] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新しん明解めいかい国語こくご辞典じてん (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-8] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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