桜ん坊

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • fruit cherry mostly used for Japanese cherries

Etymology

Affix from Japanese 桜 (cherry tree, cherry blossom, cherry, cherry blossoms, sakura) + Japanese の (possessive particle, of, 's, possessive marker, genitive case marker, month, bird, s)+ Japanese 坊 (monk, beloved, dear, boy), 桜 (cherry tree, cherry blossom, cherry, cherry blossoms, sakura) + Japanese 桃 (peach)+ Japanese /m/ to IPAchar + Japanese /b/ and shift from IPAchar + Japanese /bobo/ to IPAchar + Japanese /boː/.

Origin

Japanese

/boː/

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