木履

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

木履 (bokuri, pokkuri, bokkuri): special platform geta worn by maiko.

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Kanji in this term
木	履
ぼく Grade: 1	り Grade: S
kan’on

Probably from Middle Chinese 木履 (MC muwk lijX, literally “wooden + shoe”). Appears from the late 1500s,^[1] and is found in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ぼくり [bóꜜkùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) ぼくり [bòkúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [bo̞kɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun edit

木(ぼく)履(り) • (bokuri)

a specific kind of platform geta (wooden clog sandal) worn by maiko (apprentice geisha) during their apprenticeship, with a straight vertical heel and an angled toe (see the image), often lacquered in either black or red
Synonyms: こっぽり (koppori), おこぼ (okobo)
(more generally) a wooden clog
Synonyms: 浅沓 (asagutsu), サボ (sabo)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
木	履
ぼく > ぽっく Grade: 1	り Grade: S
irregular	on’yomi

/bokuri/ → /pokːuri/

Shift in reading from bokuri,^[1]^[3]^[5] possibly influenced by the onomatopoeia ぽっくり (pokkuri, imitative of the sound of a horse walking slowly). Appears from the late 1800s.^[1]

Also less commonly encountered with initial voicing, as bokkuri.^[1]^[3]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ぽっくり [póꜜkkùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) ぽっくり [pòkkúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [po̞k̚kɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun edit

木(ぽっく)履(り) or 木履(ぼっくり) • (pokkuri or bokkuri)

a specific kind of platform geta (wooden clog sandal) worn by maiko (apprentice geisha) during their apprenticeship, with a straight vertical heel and an angled toe, often lacquered in either black or red (see the image)
Synonyms: こっぽり (koppori), おこぼ (okobo)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
木	履
き Grade: 1	くつ > ぐつ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
木靴木沓

Compound of 木 (ki, “tree; wood”) +‎ 履 (kutsu, “shoe”, also spelled 靴, 沓, 鞋 (靴, 沓, 鞋)).^[1]^[3]^[5] The kutsu changes to gutsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Appears from the late 800s.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) きぐつ [kíꜜgùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [kʲiɡɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun edit

木(き)履(ぐつ) • (kigutsu)

a wooden clog
Synonyms: 浅沓 (asagutsu), サボ (sabo)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎^[1] (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[2] Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎^[1] (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[DJS-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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