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くちびる【唇】

kuchibiru

Pronunciation: [kut͡ɕibiɾu]

Definition

Noun

  1. Lips

Etymology

Derived from くち【口】 kuchi "mouth" and べろ bero "tongue". Cognate to the Hachijo variants くちびろ kuchibiro and くちべろ kuchibero. Parallel to the Okinawan word くちしば kuchishiba "lips", derived from くち kuchi "mouth" and しば shiba "tongue". Attested as early as 794, in the Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, under the spelling 【久知比流】, read kuchibiru or kuchipiru. Some sources suggest the word is ultimately a variation of くち【口】 kuchi "mouth" and the rendaku form of へり【縁】 heri "surrounding edge", giving くちべり【口縁】 kuchiberi "rim (of a bowl)" (now read with the sinitic reading kouen). If such is the case, the original form of へり【縁】  heri may have undergone various harmonic sound changes, producing variants such as hero, heri, hiro, hiru and hira.

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Kanaくちびる
Romanizationkuchibiru
Pronunciation (IPA)[kut͡ɕibiɾu]

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). くちびる【唇】 : kuchibiru | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 8, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1287/kuchibiru/.