菜っ葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菜	葉
な Grade: 4	は > ぱ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 菜(な) (na, “vegetable”) + 葉(は) (ha, “leaf”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “detail on tensing that produced /-ppa/”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なっぱ [náꜜppà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [na̠p̚pa̠]

Noun

菜(な)っ葉(ぱ) • (nappa) 

1. vegetable leaf; leaf vegetable

Descendants

• → English: napa
  • ⇒ English: napa cabbage