揺り籠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揺 籠
ゆ
Grade: S 		かご
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
揺りかご
揺り篭
揺り籃
揺籠
揺篭
揺籃

Etymology

Compound of 揺 (yuri, “rocking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 揺る yuru “to rock; to shake”) +‎ 籠 (kago, “basket”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ゆりかご [yùríkágó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ɾʲika̠ɡo̞]

Noun

揺(ゆ)り籠(かご) • (yurikago) 

  1. a rocking cradle (for a baby)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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