カステラ

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • カステーラ (kasutēra)

Etymology

First attested in a work from 1625, as かすていら.[1]

From Portuguese Castela (“Castile”), an ellipsis of Bolo de Castela (literally “cake of Castile”); Compare Italian pan di Spagna (“sponge cake”, literally “bread of Spain”).[1] Compare Tagalog Pan de Kastila (“Spanish bread”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) カステラ [kàsútérá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠sɨte̞ɾa̠]
  • (Kyoto) カステラ [kásútérá] (Kōki – [0])

Noun

カステラ • (kasutera) 

  1. castella, a type of sponge cake
  2. (slang, criminal) grilled tofu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “カステラ”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”) ‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN
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