🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Yoron, Kunigami, Okinawa)
ちぶる【頭】 : chiburu | define meaning
chiburu
Pronunciation: [t͡ɕibuɾu]
Definition
Noun
- Head
- Smart person; intelligent person
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese つぶり【頭】 tsuburi "head", likely stemming from the nominative form of the verb つぶる【瞑る】 tsuburu, meaning "to close one's eyes".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Fish, the head of a. Chee-boo-soo".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 頭 |
| Kana | ちぶる |
| Romanization | chiburu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [t͡ɕibuɾu] |
意味：あたま【頭・首】、あたまがいい【頭がいい・頭が良い】
Categories:
頭
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 28). ちぶる【頭】 : chiburu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 4, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/37/chiburu/.