ほしいも

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
干し芋干しいも干し藷

From 干(ほ)し (hoshi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 干(ほ)す (hosu).”) + 芋(いも) (imo).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほしいも [hòshíímó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) ほしいも [hòshíꜜìmò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ɕiimo̞]

Noun

ほしいも • (hoshiimo) ^{←ほしいも (fosiimo)^?}

hoshi-imo, dried potato

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
干し芋

From a typo of 欲(ほ)しい物(もの) (hoshii mono, literally “wanted items”) as 干(ほ)し芋(いも)の (hoshi-imo no, literally “of the dried potato”).

Noun

ほしいも • (hoshiimo)

(slang) Amazon wishlist
Synonym: 欲しい物リスト (hoshii mono risuto, literally “list of wanted items”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN