こぶ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
瘤

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こぶ​ [kòbúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

こぶ • (kobu) ←こぶ (kobu)?

  1. lump, bump (on the body)
  2. knot in a tree
  3. someone in the way
  4. child
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
媚ぶ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

こぶ • (kobu) †nidan

  1. to be obsequious

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of こぶ – see the following entries.
【戸部】
[proper noun] (of feudal Japan) Synonym of 民部省 (Minbushō, “Ministry of Popular Affairs”) (designation by the Chinese)
[proper noun] (history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Revenue
Alternative spelling
こほう
【鼓舞】
[noun] encouragement
[verb] encourage
(This term, こぶ, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Southern Amami-Oshima

Noun

こぶ (romaji kobu)

  1. 蜘蛛: spider
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