のぼりぼう

Japanese

Alternative spellings
登り棒 のぼり棒

Etymology

From 登(のぼ)り (nobori, “climbing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 登(のぼ)る (noboru, “to climb”).”) + 棒(ぼう) (bō, “pole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [no̞bo̞ɾʲibo̞ː]

Noun

のぼりぼう • (nobori-bō) 

1. climbing pole, a fixture in playgrounds

Related terms

• 棒(ぼう)のぼり (bō-nobori)