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たーぶっくゎ・たーぶっくぁ

taabukkwa

Pronunciation: [taːbukkʷa]

Definition

Noun

  1. Paddy; paddy field
  2. (Especially) Rice paddy field or taro paddy field

Etymology

From たー【田】 taa "rice paddy, rice field" and the suffix ぶっくゎ -bukkwa "swelling, expanding, bulging, rounding".

Cognate with Amami たぶくろ tabukuro, たばくろ tabakuro, たぶくる tabukuru; Tokunoshima ふくる fukuru; たぶく tabuku; Tokunoshima, Kunigami and Okinawan たーぶく taabuku; Okinoerabu and Kunigami たーぶくる taabukuru; Kunigami taabukuru, さーぶっく saabukku, たーふっく taafukku, たーぶっくー taabukkuu, たーぶっく taabukku, たーぶっくー taabukuu, たーうっく taaukku; Kunigami and Okinawan たーぶっくゎ taabukkwa; Okinawan たーぶっか taabukka, たーぶっかー taabukkaa "rice paddy, paddy field".

Compare Japanese ふくろ【袋】 fukuro, meaning "bag, sack", "skin (of an orange)", "something with only one opening (such as a dead-end)", and "land that is surrounded or bordered (such as a landlocked parcel or land surrounded by water)". Compare also ふくら【膨ら】 fukura "rounded, expanded, swelled" (such as the rounded tip of a sword).

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanaたーぶっくゎ
たーぶっくぁ
New Okinawa Mojiたーぶっ彩
Romanizationtaabukkwa
Pronunciation (IPA)[taːbukkʷa]

意味:たんぼ【田んぼ・田圃】、すいでん【水田】、た【田】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, July 28). たーぶっくゎ・たーぶっくぁ : taabukkwa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6397/taabukkwa/.