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いちゅび【苺・莓】 : ichubi | define meaning
ichubi
Pronunciation: [ʔit͡ɕubi]
Definition
Noun
- Strawberry; strawberries
Etymology
Cognate to Amami いちゅぷ ichupu; Amami (Koniya) ichup; Amami (Yamatohama) いひゅび ihyubi; Tokunoshima いちゅんび ichunbi; Amami and Okinoerabu いちゅび ichubi; Okinoerabu いっちゅび icchubi; Kunigami (Kin) いちょび ichobi; Okinawan いちゅび ichubi; Amami (Yuwan) and Okinawan いちゅびー ichubii "strawberry". Also related to Okinawan もーいちゅび moo ichubi "Japanese bramble"; Miyako (Nagahama) むとぅびズ mutubɿ · mutubz; and Miyako ムとぅびズ mtubɿ ~ mtubz "strawberry". No cognates attested in Yaeyama or Yonaguni. Historically attested under the spelling いちよび ichiyobi in the 混効験集 Konkoukenshuu Okinawan dictionary (1711). Reconstructed for Proto-Ryukyuan as *itobi or *itoNpi.
Likely cognate to Niigata えちぇご echego; Shimane (Izumo) えつご etsugo; Kagoshima いっご iggo; and standard Japanese いちご【苺・莓】 ichigo "strawberry". Historically attested for Satsuma in the 18th-century works of Andrei Tatarinov's as іжйнго іzhjngo (イジンゴ, ijingo). Historically attested for Japanese as 【伊致寐姑】 ichibiko in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), 【一比古】 ichibiko in the Shinsen Jikyō (898-901 CE), and later 【伊知古】 ichiko (ichigo) in the Wamyō ruijushō (911-983 CE). Reconstructed for Proto-Japanese as *itiNpiko.
Notes
Variant: いちゅびー ichubii.
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | 苺 莓 |
Kana | いちゅび |
Romanization | ichubi |
Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔit͡ɕubi] |
意味:いちご・イチゴ【苺・莓】、ストロベリー、フレーズ