デブ

See also: テープ

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

(Tokyo) デブ [déꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [de̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

デブ or でぶ • (debu)

fat, chubby
fatty; fatso

Related terms edit

でぶ専(せん) (debusen), デブ専(せん) (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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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