でぶでぶ

Japanese

Etymology

Attested during the Edo period. Derived from でっぷり (deppuri) with reduplication of the でぶ (debu) element, in a similar pattern seen in other term pairs such as はっきり (hakkiri) → はきはき (hakihaki), ふらり (furari) → ふらふら (furafura), たっぷり (tappuri) → だぶだぶ (dabudabu), etc.

でっぷり (deppuri) itself likely derives from 出っ張り (deppari, “protruding”), from verb 出っ張る (depparu, “to protrude”), a compound of prefixed verb 出る (deru, “to go out”), used in a similar way to the English preposition out after a verb) and verb 張る (haru, of many meanings, the most relevant here being “to be taut / prominent / stuck out”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Tokyo) で​ぶでぶ [déꜜbùdèbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [de̞bɯ̟ᵝde̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

でぶでぶ • (debudebu) 

1. extremely fatly, obesely

   でぶでぶ太(ふと)っている人(ひと)

   debudebu futotte iru hito

   an obesely fat person

Usage notes

When used without a particle in a way that immediately modifies a verb, this is parsed grammatically as an adverb. However, in translation, it might correlate better with an adjective in English.

• あのクロワッサンはでぶでぶしていておいしく見(み)えるが…

  Ano kurowassan wa debudebu shite ite oishiku mieru ga…

  That croissant is plump and it looks delicious, but...

Pronunciation 2

• (Tokyo) でぶでぶ [dèbúdébú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [de̞bɯ̟ᵝde̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

でぶでぶ • (debudebu) -na (adnominal でぶでぶな (debudebu na na), adverbial でぶでぶに (debudebu ni ni))

1. extremely fat, obese

   俺(おれ)はでぶでぶになってるさ。

   Ore wa debudebu ni natte ru sa.

   Man, I'm getting really fat.

Inflection

Inflection of でぶでぶ

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	でぶでぶだろ	debudebu daro
Continuative (連用形)	でぶでぶで	debudebu de
Terminal (終止形)	でぶでぶだ	debudebu da
Attributive (連体形)	でぶでぶな	debudebu na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	でぶでぶなら	debudebu nara
Imperative (命令形)	でぶでぶであれ	debudebu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	でぶでぶではない でぶでぶじゃない	debudebu de wa nai debudebu ja nai
Informal past	でぶでぶだった	debudebu datta
Informal negative past	でぶでぶではなかった でぶでぶじゃなかった	debudebu de wa nakatta debudebu ja nakatta
Formal	でぶでぶです	debudebu desu
Formal negative	でぶでぶではありません でぶでぶじゃありません	debudebu de wa arimasen debudebu ja arimasen
Formal past	でぶでぶでした	debudebu deshita
Formal negative past	でぶでぶではありませんでした でぶでぶじゃありませんでした	debudebu de wa arimasen deshita debudebu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	でぶでぶで	debudebu de
Conditional	でぶでぶなら（ば）	debudebu nara (ba)
Provisional	でぶでぶだったら	debudebu dattara
Volitional	でぶでぶだろう	debudebu darō
Adverbial	でぶでぶに	debudebu ni
Degree	でぶでぶさ	debudebusa