うずまき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
渦巻き 渦巻

うずまき (uzumaki): a curve that is the locus of a point, that rotates about a fixed point, while continuously increasing its distance from that point.

Etymology

Compound of 渦 (uzu, “whirlpool, eddy”) +‎ 巻き (maki, “rolling, winding”).

Can also be parsed as the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 渦巻く (uzumaku, “to swirl”).

First cited to a text from roughly 953 CE.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うずまき [ùzúꜜmàkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟zɨma̠kʲi]

Noun

うずまき • (uzumaki) ^{←うづまき (udumaki)?}

1. a swirling, especially of the flow of water
2. (geometry) a spiral
3. (by extension) Short for 渦巻小紋 (uzumaki komon): a spiral pattern
4. (figurative) a whirlwind of something
5. (by extension) a vortex
6. a Japanese sweet of chicken eggs in flour, mixed with caramelized sugar, wrapped in red bean paste, and sliced
7. (fishing) a type of fly fishing needle

Derived terms

Derived terms

• うずまき蒲(かま)鉾(ぼこ) (uzumaki kamaboko)
• うずまき管(かん) (uzumaki-kan)
• 渦(うず)巻(まき)銀(ぎん)河(が) (uzumaki ginga)
• うずまき小(こ)紋(もん) (uzumaki komon)
• うずまき細(さい)管(かん) (uzumaki saikan)
• うずまき星(せい)雲(うん) (uzumaki seiun)
• うずまき線(せん) (uzumaki-sen)
• うずまき漬(づ)け (uzumaki-zuke)
• うずまきばね (uzumaki bane)
• うずまきポンプ (uzumaki ponpu)

See also

• 螺(ら)旋(せん) (rasen, “spiral”)
• 渦(うず)潮(しお) (uzushio, “whirlpool”)
• 鳴門(なると) (naruto, “a noisy strait with whirlpools”)