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ふぃばり【罅割り・罅割】 : fibari | define meaning

fibari

Pronunciation: [ɸibaɾi]

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	ふぃばり
New Okinawa Moji	懲ばり
Romanization	fibari
Pronunciation (IPA)	[ɸibaɾi]

意味：ひび・あかぎれ【罅・皹・皸】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, June 15). ふぃばり【罅割り・罅割】 : fibari | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, June 30, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7221/fibari/.