こぶ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
瘤

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こぶ​ [kòbúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• 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

• (bump on the body): (informal) たん瘤(こぶ) (tankobu)

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 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

• IPA^(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

こぶ • (kobu) 

1. 昆布: (dialectal, Yamagata) kombu

References

• 山形県方言集 [Yamagata Prefecture Dialect Collection]‎^[1], 1933, →DOI, page 122

Southern Amami-Oshima

Noun

こぶ (kobu) 

1. 蜘蛛: spider