木履

Japanese

Etymology 1

木履 (bokuri, pokkuri, bokkuri): special platform geta worn by maiko.

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Kanji in this term
木	履
ぼく Grade: 1	り Grade: S
kan'on

Probably from Middle Chinese 木履 (MC muwk lijX, literally “wooden + shoe”). Appears from the late 1500s,^[1] and is found in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.^[2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼくり [bóꜜkùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4]
• (Tokyo) ぼくり [bòkúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞kɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

木(ぼく)履(り) • (bokuri) 

1. a specific kind of platform geta (wooden clog sandal) worn by maiko (apprentice geisha) during their apprenticeship, with a straight vertical heel and an angled toe (see the image), often lacquered in either black or red

   Synonyms: こっぽり (koppori), おこぼ (okobo)

2. (more generally) a wooden clog

   Synonyms: 浅沓 (asagutsu), サボ (sabo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
木	履
ぼく > ぽっく Grade: 1	り Grade: S
irregular	on'yomi

/bokuri/ → /pokːuri/

Shift in reading from bokuri,^[1][3][5] possibly influenced by the onomatopoeia ぽっくり (pokkuri, imitative of the sound of a horse walking slowly). Appears from the late 1800s.^[1]

Also less commonly encountered with initial voicing, as bokkuri.^[1][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぽっくり [póꜜkkùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4]
• (Tokyo) ぽっくり [pòkkúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [po̞k̚kɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

木(ぽっく)履(り) or 木履(ぼっくり) • (pokkuri or bokkuri) 

1. a specific kind of platform geta (wooden clog sandal) worn by maiko (apprentice geisha) during their apprenticeship, with a straight vertical heel and an angled toe, often lacquered in either black or red (see the image)

   Synonyms: こっぽり (koppori), おこぼ (okobo)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
木	履
き Grade: 1	くつ > ぐつ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
木靴 木沓

Compound of 木 (ki, “tree; wood”) +‎ 履 (kutsu, “shoe”, also spelled 靴, 沓, 鞋).^[1][3][5] The kutsu changes to gutsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Appears from the late 800s.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きぐつ [kíꜜgùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

木(き)履(ぐつ) • (kigutsu) 

1. a wooden clog

   Synonyms: 浅沓 (asagutsu), サボ (sabo)

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎ (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here
3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
5. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN