膃肭臍

See also: 腽肭脐

Chinese

		fur seal; blubber of the fur seal	navel
trad. (膃肭臍)		膃肭	臍
simp. (腽肭脐)		腽肭	脐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànàqí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ neot⁶ ci⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànàqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànàcí
  - Wade–Giles: wa⁴-na⁴-chʻi²
  - Yale: wà-nà-chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wahnahchyi
  - Palladius: ванаци (vanaci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ neot⁶ ci⁴
  - Yale: wāt neuht chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ noet⁹ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ nêd⁶ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ nɵt̚² t͡sʰiː²¹/

Middle Chinese: 'wot nrjuwk dzej

Rime
Character	膃	肭	臍
Reading #	1/1	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	娘 (12)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	屋 (4)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	IV
Fanqie	烏没切	女六切	徂奚切
Baxter	'wot	nrjuwk	dzej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuət̚/	/ɳɨuk̚/	/d͡zei/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuot̚/	/ɳiuk̚/	/d͡zei/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuət̚/	/niuk̚/	/d͡zɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwət̚/	/ɳuwk̚/	/d͡zɛj/
Li Rong	/ʔuət̚/	/niuk̚/	/d͡zei/
Wang Li	/uət̚/	/nĭuk̚/	/d͡ziei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuət̚/	/ni̯uk̚/	/d͡zʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wu	nù	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat¹	nuk⁶	cai⁴

Noun

膃肭臍

(traditional Chinese medicine) penis and testes of the fur seal

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (膃肭臍):

→ Japanese: 膃肭臍(おっとせい) (ottosei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
膃	肭	臍
おつ > おっ Hyōgai (ateji)	どつ > と Hyōgai (ateji)	せい Hyōgai
kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 膃肭臍 ('wot nrjuwk dzej), from Ainu オンネㇷ゚ (onnep) + 臍 (dzej).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Why 臍?

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おっとせー [òttóꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) おっとせー [òttóséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞t̚to̞se̞ː]

Noun

膃(おっ)肭(と)臍(せい) or 膃肭臍(オットセイ) • (ottosei) ^{←をつとつせい (wotutotusei)^?}

a fur seal

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN