うきぶくろ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
浮き袋
浮袋
浮き囊 (rare)

Etymology

From () (uki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (uku).) + (ふくろ) (fukuro). The fukuro changes to bukuro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

うきぶくろ (ukibukuroうきぶくろ (ukibukuro)?

  1. swim bladder

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN