こぶ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
瘤

Pronunciation

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

Verb

こぶ • (kobu) †nidan

  1. to be obsequious

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of こぶ – see the following entries.
【戸部】
(of feudal Japan) Synonym of 民部省 (Minbushō, “Ministry of Popular Affairs”) (designation by the Chinese)
(history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Revenue
Alternative spelling
こほう
【鼓舞】
encouragement
encourage
(This term, こぶ (kobu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as こぶ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こぶ.)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

こぶ • (kobu) 

  1. 昆布: (dialectal, Yamagata) kombu

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 山形県方言集 [Yamagata Prefecture Dialect Collection]‎, 1933, →DOI, page 122

Southern Amami Ōshima

Noun

こぶ (kobu) 

  1. 蜘蛛: spider
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