🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
しば : shiba | define meaning
shiba
Pronunciation: [ɕiba]
Definition
Noun
- Tongue
- (Suffix) Lips; pertaining to the lips
- くちしば【口しば】
kuchishiba
"lips" - っわあしば【上しば】
qwaashiba ~ 'waashiba
"upper lip"
- くちしば【口しば】
Etymology
Attested under the spelling seéba (síba) "lips" in the 1818 Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea, by Herbert John Clifford. Cognate to Kagoshima and Miyazaki すば suba "lips"; Kumamoto つば tsuba "lips"; Oita つば tsuba "lips"; Sesoko しばー shibaa "lips"; Okinawan しば shiba "tongue; lips"; Yonaguni んば nba "lips"; and standard Japanese つば【唾】 tsuba "saliva" or つば【鍔】 tsuba "guard; brim; flange".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | しば |
| Romanization | shiba |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɕiba] |
意味：した【舌】、ベロ、タン、くちびる【唇】
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). しば : shiba | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 8, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/39/shiba/.