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いちゅび【苺・莓】

ichubi

Pronunciation: [ʔit͡ɕubi]

Definition

Noun

  1. 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.

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Kanji
Kanaいちゅび
Romanizationichubi
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔit͡ɕubi]

意味:いちご・イチゴ【苺・莓】、ストロベリー、フレーズ

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). いちゅび【苺・莓】 : ichubi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1748/ichubi/.