揺籃

See also: 搖籃 and 摇篮

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
揺 籃
よう
Grade: S		 らん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
搖籃 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 搖籃／摇篮 (yew lam, literally “shake, rock + basket”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) よーらん [yòóráń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

揺(よう)籃(らん) • (yōran) ←えうらん (euran)?

  1. (archaic) a rocking cradle (for a baby)
  2. (figuratively, by extension) infancy; early stages of something
    揺籃(ようらん)の地(ち)
    yōran no chi
    place of the beginning[2]
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
揺 籃
ゆり
Grade: S		 かご
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
搖籃 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 揺 (yuri, “rocking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 揺る yuru “to rock; to shake”) +‎ 籃 (kago, “basket”).[3]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ゆりかご [yùríkágó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝɾʲika̠ɡo̞]

Noun

揺(ゆり)籃(かご) • (yurikago) 

  1. a rocking cradle (for a baby)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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