つび

Japanese

Alternative spelling
𡱖

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝbʲi]

Noun

つび • (tsubi) 

1. (archaic) female genitalia; vagina
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 46:

     玉門 房内經云玉門、女陰名也、按謂女陰爲玉門、見外臺秘要引素女經及病源候論婦人帶下候、楊氏漢語抄云、尿、通鼻今案俗人或曰朱門並未詳

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   • c. 1177-1188: Iroha Jiruishō

     陰 ツヒ 玉茎玉門等之通称 尿 開 玉門 朱門　玉泉

   • 1254: Kokon Chomonjū (volume 16, episode 544)

     彼女がつかひける物の中に、つくしの女ありけり。[...] 「其つくしの女、われにあはせ給へ。たえがたくゆかしき事侍り」といへば、妻のことふるやう、 「[...] 何事の床敷てかくはのたまふぞ」といへば、盛廣、「いまだしりたまはぬか。つびはつくしつびとて、第一の物といふなり。」

   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 621:

     Tçubi. ツビ (開) 女子の陰部。卑語。

     Tsubi. (Opening). A females genitals/a pussy. Vulgar language.

   • 1775: Butsurui Shōko (page 30)

     陰 へへ つび 奥羽及越路又尾張邊にて べべといふ 關西關東ともにべゞといふは小兒の衣服の事なり 下總にてそゝといふ 此外男女の陰名國々異名多し 略す 江戸にて物のそゝけたつなどいふ詞有 和泉及遠江邊にてはぼゞけたつと云。江戸にてはさはいはれぬことばなり

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Synonyms

• まんこ (manko)
• おまんこ (omanko)
• おめこ (omeko)
• そそ (soso)
• おそそ (ososo)
• ほと (hoto)
• みと (mito)
• へへ (hehe)
• べべ (bebe)

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
• Nagazumi, Yasuaki with Isao Shimda (1254) Koten Bungaku Taikei 84: Kokon Chomonjū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, published 1966, →ISBN
• Tadakane, Tachibana with Atsuo Masamune (ed.) (c. 1177-1188) Iroha Jiruishō (in Japanese), Kazama Shobō, published 1971
• Tōjō, Misao (1941) [1775] Butsurui Shōko (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of つび – see the following entry.

【螺】J [noun] (obsolete) spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones [noun] (obsolete) alternate name for 蛤 (hamaguri, “clam”)

(This term, つび, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as つび, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つび.)