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たまぐき【玉茎】 : tamaguki | define meaning
tamaguki
Pronunciation: /tamaɡuki/
Definition
Noun
- (Archaism) Penis
Etymology
Compound of たま【玉】 tama "ball, jewel, jade" and the rendaku form of くき【玉茎】 kuki "stalk". Ultimately a calque of the classical Chinese term 【玉莖・玉茎】 "penis" (cf. Mandarin yùjīng, yùjìng; Cantonese juk6 ging3; Sino-Japanese ぎょっけい gyokkei), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *ngjow heang.
Historical attestations
- The Dictionarivm latino lvsitanicvm, ac Iaponicvm (1595) records "Membro viril. Iap. Guiocqei, tamaguqi."
意味：だんこん【男根】、いんけい【陰茎】、ぎょっけい【玉茎】