啄む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ついば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨tuki1 pamu⟩/tukʲipamu//t͡suĩfamu//t͡suibamu/

Shift from a compound of 突き (tsuki, stem form of verb 突く (tsuku), “to prick, stab) +‎ 食む (hamu, to eat).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いば [tsùíbáꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨiba̠mɯ̟]

Verb

(ついば) • (tsuibamutransitive godan (stem (ついば) (tsuibami), past (ついば)んだ (tsuibanda))

  1. to pick at, peck at

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN