揺り籠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揺	籠
ゆ Grade: S	かご Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
揺りかご 揺り篭 揺り籃 揺籠 揺篭 揺籃

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆりかご [yùríkágó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ɾʲika̠ɡo̞]

Noun

揺(ゆ)り籠(かご) • (yurikago) 

1. a rocking cradle (for a baby)