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🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Nagasaki)

くっつば

kuttsuba

Definition

Noun

  1. Tongue

Etymology

From くち【口】 kuchi "mouth" and つば tsuba, meaning "lips" in most of Kyushu or "saliva" in standard Japanese. Cognate with Okinawan くちしば kuchishiba "lips".

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Kanaくっつば
Romanizationkuttsuba

意味:した【舌】、ベロ、タン

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). くっつば : kuttsuba | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 24, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2132/kuttsuba/.