つばき

Etymology 1
→ * →

From. Appears in the , completed some time after 759.

Ultimate derivation. Various theories exist, including:
 * Possibly from 🇨🇬 element +.
 * Although is verifiable,  does not appear in references.
 * Moreover, the final ki portion in the phonetic spelling of  does not match the  phonetic spelling for.
 * Possibly a contraction from, with rendaku changing the pa to ba.
 * The shift from tsuya to just tsu would have had to occur even earlier than the . There do not appear to be any other terms exhibiting this same shift.
 * This theory also suffers from the same phonetic mismatch for the ki portion.
 * Possibly borrowed from 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  the  camellia,

Proper noun

 * 1)  a place name
 * 1)  a place name
 * 1)  a place name
 * 1)  a place name

Etymology 2
Readings of various names.

Etymology 3
Derived as the of now-obsolete verb, itself from  +.

Noun

 * 1)  saliva, spit