Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/眼瞼

Etymology
Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling, a term which decomposes into + , to native Japanese term  which decomposes to  an ancient combining form of modern reading  +  an old variant of possessive particle  +. .

Noun
(まなぶた, manabuta)　→　 (manabuta) archaic form of, (mabuta)
 * 1) eyelids