Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ついば
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

⟨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 edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to pick at, peck at

Conjugation edit

References edit

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