デブ
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First cited to a text from c. 1919-1927.[1]
A surface analysis suggests connection to similar words such as でぶでぶ (debudebu, “obese; obesely”, see there for details) and でっぷり (deppuri, “obese”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- でぶ専 (debusen), デブ専 (debusen): fat fetishism; chubby-chaser
- でぶっちょ (debutcho): fatty; butterball
- でぶでぶ (debudebu): fat
- デブる (deburu): to grow fat; to become fat
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “でぶ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
