乳母車

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	母	車
うば		くるま > ぐるま Grade: 1
Grade: 6	Grade: 2
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 乳母(うば) (uba, “wet nurse”) + 車(くるま) (kuruma, “carriage; cart”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うばぐ​るま [ùbágúꜜrùmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝba̠ɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

乳母(うば)車(ぐるま) • (ubaguruma)  (counter 台)

1. (archaic) a baby carriage
   • 1933, Tatsuo Hori, Utsukushii Mura [The Beautiful Village]‎^[1]:

     私(わたし)がその道(みち)ばたの大(おお)きな桜(さくら)の木(き)に身(み)を寄(よ)せて道(みち)をあけていると、乳母(うば)車(ぐるま)の中(なか)から亜(あ)麻(ま)色(いろ)の毛(もう)髪(はつ)をした女(おんな)の児(こ)が私(わたし)の顔(かお)を見(み)てにっこりとした。

     Watashi ga sono michibata no ōkina sakura no ki ni mi o yosete michi o akete iru to, ubaguruma no naka kara ama-iro no mōhatsu o shita onna no ko ga watashi no kao o mite nikkori to shita.

     When I was making way (for her) drawing myself close to the big cherry tree by the roadside, a girl with flaxen hair in a baby carriage looked my face and smiled at me.

Synonyms

• ベビーカー (bebīkā)

Descendants

• → Korean: 유모차(乳母車) (yumocha)

Korean

Hanja in this term
乳	母	車

Noun

乳母車 • (yumocha) (hangeul 유모차)

1. Hanja form^? of 유모차 (“stroller, pram, perambulator (baby carriage)”).