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ひばり【罅割り・罅割】 : hibari | define meaning

hibari

Pronunciation: [çibaɾi]

Definition

Noun

Crack; fissure
Cracked skin; chapped skin

Etymology

Cognate with Kagoshima ひわれ hiware; Okinawan ふぃばり fibari and ひばり hibari; Yaeyama (Hatoma) みーばり miibari; and standard Japanese ひびわれ【罅割れ】 hibiware "crack; cracked skin".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「ひばり」皸（ヒビ）、手足ノ皮ノ寒サニ凍エ荒レテ裂ケタルモノ".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	罅割り罅割
Kana	ひばり
Romanization	hibari
Pronunciation (IPA)	[çibaɾi]

意味：ひび・あかぎれ【罅・皹・皸】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, June 15). ひばり【罅割り・罅割】 : hibari | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, June 30, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7220/hibari/.