木履

Probably from Middle Chinese 木履 (MC muwk lijX, literally “wooden + shoe”). Appears from the late 1500s,^[1] and is found in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.^[2]

• (Tokyo) ぼくり [bóꜜkùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4]
• (Tokyo) ぼくり [bòkúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞kɯ̟ɾʲi]

木(ぼく)履(り) • (bokuri) 

1. a platform geta worn by girls and young women with a straight vertical heel,an angled toe. The sole is hollow and may contain a bell, and the sides may be lacquered black or red.

   Synonyms: こっぽり (koppori), おこぼ (okobo)

2. (more generally) a wooden clog

   Synonym: サボ (sabo)

/bokuri/ → /pokːuri/

Shift in reading from bokuri,^[1][3][5] possibly influenced by the onomatopoeia ぽっくり (pokkuri, imitative of the sound of a horse walking slowly). Appears from the late 1800s.^[1]

Also less commonly encountered with initial voicing, as bokkuri.^[1][3]

• (Tokyo) ぽっくり [póꜜkkùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4]
• (Tokyo) ぽっくり [pòkkúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [po̞k̚kɯ̟ɾʲi]

木(ぽっく)履(り) or 木履(ぼっくり) • (pokkuri or bokkuri) 

1. a platform geta worn by girls and young women with a straight vertical heel,an angled toe. The sole is hollow and may contain a bell, and the sides may be lacquered black or red.

   Synonyms: こっぽり (koppori), おこぼ (okobo)

Compound of 木 (ki, “tree; wood”) +‎ 履 (kutsu, “shoe”, also spelled 靴, 沓, 鞋).^[1][3][5] The kutsu changes to gutsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Appears from the late 800s.^[1]

• (Tokyo) きぐつ [kíꜜgùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡɯ̟t͡sɨ]

木(き)履(ぐつ) • (kigutsu) 

1. a wooden clog

   Synonym: サボ (sabo)