うきぶくろ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
浮き袋浮袋浮き囊 (rare) 鰾

Etymology

From 浮(う)き (uki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 浮(う)く (uku).”) + 袋(ふくろ) (fukuro). The fukuro changes to bukuro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うきぶくろ [ùkíbúꜜkùrò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟kʲibɯ̟kɯ̟ɾo̞]

Noun

うきぶくろ • (ukibukuro) ^{←うきぶくろ (ukibukuro)^?}

swim bladder

References

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