孑孒

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 孑孒 – see 孑孓 (“mosquito larva; bending and stretching”).
(This term, 孑孒, is a variant form of 孑孓.)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
孑 孒
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

First attested in the Edo period. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Shift from bōfuri (see below).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 孑孓.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ぼーふら [bòófúrá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [bo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

孑孒 (hiragana ぼうふら, katakana ボウフラ, rōmaji bōfura, historical hiragana ばうふら, historical katakana バウフラ)

  1. a wriggler (mosquito larva)
    Synonyms: 孑孑 (ketsuketsu), 棒振り虫 (bōfurimushi)
Derived terms
  • 孑孒 (ぼうふら)踊 (おどり), 孑孒 (ぼうふら)踊 (おど)り (bōfura odori)
  • 赤 (あか)孑孒 (ぼうふら) (aka bōfura)
  • 鬼 (おに)孑孒 (ぼうふら) (oni bōfura)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
孑 孒
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Shortened from 棒振り虫 (bōfurimushi, literally “stick-waving insect”).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ぼーふり [bòófúrí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [bo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

孑孒 (hiragana ぼうふり, rōmaji bōfuri, historical hiragana ばうふり)

  1. a wriggler (mosquito larva)

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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