ふくふくし

Japanese

Etymology

pukupukusi → ɸukuɸusi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

ふくふくし • (fukufukushi) 

1. 肺: (anatomy) lung
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 68:

     心肺 々音辨 々訓布々久々之

   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 35:

     肺 白虎通云 音廢 布久布久之 [...] 金之精也 色白 [...] 肺藏也 [...]

References

• Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
• Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.