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Japanese
Alternative spelling
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陰囊 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology 1
*/fukuri/*/fuɡuri/ → /fuɡuri/
Likely related to 袋 (fukuro, “bag, sack”).[1] Appears in one text from 1532 with the unvoiced pronunciation fukuri.[2]
First cited to roughly 900.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
陰嚢 • (fuguri)
- (anatomy) a scrotum
- a weight for a scale (from a visual similarity[1])
- Synonyms: 分銅 (fundō), 錘 (omori)
- a pinecone
- Synonyms: 松ぼっくり (matsu bokkuri), 松笠 (matsukasa)
- 錘: (historical) during the Edo period, a weight or metal ring tied to the end of a string in a game of 宝引き (hōbiki, literally “treasure pulling”), often played at the New Year
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
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陰囊 (kyūjitai)
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/innau/ → /innoː/
Probably a learned borrowing from Chinese 陰嚢/阴嚢. First cited to a text from 1421.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
陰嚢 • (innō) ←いんなう (innau)?
- (anatomy) a scrotum
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “陰嚢”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN