🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
しみちぶ【墨壺・墨壷・墨壼・墨斗】 : shimichibu | define meaning
shimichibu
Pronunciation: [ɕimit͡ɕibu]
Definition
Noun
- (Carpentry) A traditional East Asian tool consisting of a reel, a string and an ink pot used by carpenters to mark straight lines on pieces of wood. Ink line; line marker; carpenter's line marker; shipwright's line marker; sumitsubo.
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese すみつぼ【墨壺・墨壷・墨壼・墨斗】 sumitsubo "ink line".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Carpenter's black line box. Stínseeboo".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 墨壺 墨壷 墨壼 墨斗 |
| Kana | しみちぶ |
| Romanization | shimichibu |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɕimit͡ɕibu] |
意味：すみつぼ【墨壺・墨壷・墨壼・墨斗】
Categories:
墨壺
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 27). しみちぶ【墨壺・墨壷・墨壼・墨斗】 : shimichibu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8004/shimichibu/.