Chinese edit

breast; milk female; mother
simp. and trad.
(乳母)
anagram 母乳

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (4)
Final () (24) (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter nyuX muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨoX/ /məuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵioX/ /məuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑioX/ /məuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵuə̆X/ /məwX/
Li
Rong
/ȵioX/ /muX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭuX/ /məuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯uX/ /mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu5 mau5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyuX › ‹ muwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*noʔ/ /*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ)
English milk; nipple mother

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10868 9288
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njoʔ/ /*mɯʔ/

Noun edit

乳母

  1. wet nurse

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
は > ば
Grade: 2
irregular kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()() (uba

  1. wet nurse
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
おんば
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun

Sound change of 乳母 (o-uba).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

乳母(おんば) (onba

  1. wet nurse

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
おも
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(おも) (chiomo

  1. wet nurse

Etymology 4 edit

Kanji in this term
にゅう
Grade: 6

Grade: 2
goon kan’yōon

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(にゅう)() (nyūbo

  1. wet nurse

Etymology 5 edit

Kanji in this term
まま
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

乳母(まま) (mama

  1. wet nurse

Etymology 6 edit

Kanji in this term
めのと
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spelling

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

乳母(めのと) (menoto

  1. 乳母: wet nurse
  2. : guardian of the noble
    Synonym: 守役 (moriyaku)
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

乳母 (yumo) (hangeul 유모)

  1. Hanja form? of 유모 (nanny; wet nurse).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

乳母

  1. chữ Hán form of nhũ mẫu (nanny; wet nurse).