病臥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
病 臥
びょう
Grade: 3
が
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

Appears to be from Middle Chinese compound 病臥/病卧 (bˠiæŋH ŋuɑH, literally “sick + to lie down”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びょ​ーが [byóꜜògà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲo̞ːɡa̠]

Noun

病(びょう)臥(が) • (byōga) ←びやうぐわ (byaugwa)?

  1. bedriddenness, being bedridden, being sick in bed

Verb

病(びょう)臥(が)する • (byōga suru) ←びやうぐわ (byaugwa)?suru (stem 病(びょう)臥(が)し (byōga shi), past 病(びょう)臥(が)した (byōga shita))

  1. to be bedridden, to be sick in bed

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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