うきぶくろ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
浮き袋 浮袋 浮き囊 (rare) 鰾

Etymology

From 浮(う)き (uki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 浮(う)く (uku).”) + 袋(ふくろ) (fukuro). The fukuro changes to bukuro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うきぶ​くろ [ùkíbúꜜkùrò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲibɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun

うきぶくろ • (ukibukuro) ^{←うきぶくろ (ukibukuro)?}

1. swim bladder