Ben Wa ball

English +s Alternative forms en Ben-Wa ball Etymology From the earlier en ben-wa which was borrowed from en ja -.en Encyclopædia of Sexual Knowledge According to Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld: 'One of the most popular mechanical excitants in Japan consists of two metallic spheres the size of pigeons' eggs, called "rin-no-tama," "wat-ama," or "ben-wa." One of the spheres is empty, the other, nicknamed "the little man,” contains a smaller solid ball or some mercury, which oscillates at the least motion. ' 1934 Norman Haire; A. Costler; A Willy 1952 Norman Haire https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.470078/page/344 Encyclopædic Press Kilburn https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.470078 Compare the synonym en rin-no-tama, also from Japanese. en Pronunciation en /ˈbɛn ˈwɑː ˌbɔːl/ Noun Ben Wa ball en mostly in the plural Either of a pair of marble-sized metal or plastic balls, usually hollow and containing a small weight that rolls around, used for vaginal or anal sexual stimulation. Synonyms en geisha ball Translations pair of balls used for vaginal stimulation Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 陰道球 yīndàoqiú, cmn 內用球 nèiyòngqiú Finnish: fi geishapallo geishapallot French: fr boule de geisha f Swedish: sv geishakula c, sv samlagskula c See also en yoni egg en kegel ball References