まぶい

Japanese

Adjective

まぶい • (mabui) -i (adverbial まぶく (mabuku))

  1. 眩い: (colloquial) cute, pretty

Okinawan

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mabori (“tutelary spirit”), from Proto-Japonic *mampəri. Cognate with Kunigami まぶい (mabui), Kikai まぶい (mabui), Northern Amami-Oshima まぶり (maburi), Oki-No-Erabu まーぶん (mābun), Southern Amami-Oshima まぶり (maburi), Toku-No-Shima まぶり (maburi), Yoron まーぶい (mābui), Miyako まゔ (mav), Tarama まゔりぃ (mavul), Yaeyama まむりぃ (mamurï), Japanese 守り (mamori).

Noun

まぶい (rōmaji mabui)

  1. spirit
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