Chinese edit

urinate; urine
 
a pouch; bag; sack
a pouch; bag; sack; pocket
simp. and trad.
(尿袋)
尿

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

尿袋

  1. (medicine) urinary catheter bag
  2. (Hakka, Huizhou, Southern Min) urinary bladder
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figurative) powerbank

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
尿
ゆばり
Grade: S
ふくろ > ぶくろ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 尿 (yubari, urine) +‎ (fukuro, bag).[1][2][3] The fukuro changes to bukuro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō of roughly 934 CE.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝba̠ɾʲibɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun edit

尿(ゆばり)(ぶくろ) (yubaribukuro

  1. [circa 934–??] (anatomy, archaic, possibly obsolete) bladder
    Synonym: (modern term) 膀胱 (bōkō)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
尿
いばり
Grade: S
ふくろ > ぶくろ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Apparent shift from earlier yubaribukuro.[1][2][3]

Appears in a text from 1592.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [iba̠ɾʲibɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun edit

尿(いばり)(ぶくろ) (ibaribukuro

  1. [1592–??] (anatomy, archaic, possibly obsolete) bladder
    Synonym: (modern term) 膀胱 (bōkō)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN