喉仏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喉	仏
のど Grade: S	ほとけ > ぼとけ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
喉佛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 喉(のど) (nodo, “throat”) + 仏(ほとけ) (hotoke, “Buddha”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) のどぼとけ [nòdóbóꜜtòkè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [no̞do̞bo̞to̞ke̞]

Noun

喉(のど)仏(ぼとけ) • (nodobotoke)

(anatomy) Adam's apple

Synonyms

喉頭隆起(こうとうりゅうき) (kōtō ryūki)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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