くぶ

Japanese

Noun

くぶ • (kubu) 

1. 区部: an area within a large city

Verb

くぶ • (kubu) ^†nidan

1. 焼ぶ: (archaic) to add to a fire

Okinawan

Alternative spelling
蜘蛛

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *kobu, from Proto-Japonic *konpo.

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) IPA^(key): [kúbú] (tone class B)

Noun

くぶ

1. 蜘蛛: (literary) spider

   み山(やま)こぶだいんす　かせかけておちやい　わ身女(みゐなぐ)なとて油断(ゆだん)しやべめ

   miyamakubudensi / kasi kakiti uchai, / wan winagu natuti / yudan shabimi

   Even the spiders in the deep mountains are reeling thread. Since I am a woman, should I give up?

   • Ryūka Zenshū

     夜の　ませ垣に　／　かけて　あるくぶの　／　糸だいんす　澄みゆる　／　けふの　空や

     YURU-nu maseKACHI-ni / kakete aru-kubu-no / ITU-dainsu SImyuru / kiyu-no SURA-ya

     Caught in the night fence, / was a spider, / I had sure cleaned it / in the skies of today.

   • 1711, Konkōkenshū:

     くぶ　蜘蛛之事

     Kubu. A spider.

Descendants

• ⇒ Okinawan: くーばー (kūbā) (< kubu-a)

References

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局), page 324
• Okinawa Kogo Daijiten Henshū I'inkai (沖縄古語大辞典編集委員会) (1995) 沖縄古語大辞典 [Dictionary of Archaic Okinawan], Tokyo (東京都): Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), →ISBN, page 251

Yonaguni

Alternative spelling
蜘蛛

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *kobu, from Proto-Japonic *konpo.

Pronunciation

• (Sonai) IPA^(key): [kʰùbû] (tone class C)

Noun

くぶ (kubu) 

1. 蜘蛛: spider

   くぶぬ　ちー　はいっつぁりぶんすや

   kubunu chī haittsaribunsuya

   It's full of spider webs.

   んまがら　すが　くぬ　まいさる　くぶや

   nmagara suga kunu maisaru kubuya

   Where did you go, big spider?

References

• Yonaguni Hōgen Jiten Henshū I'inkai (与那国方言辞典編集委員会) (2021) どぅなんむぬい辞典 [Dunanmunui Dictionary], Yonaguni (与那国町): Yonaguni-chō Kyōiku I'inkai (与那国町教育委員会), page 136