御仏供

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	仏	供
お Grade: S	ぶく
	Grade: 5	Grade: 6
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
御佛供 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
御	仏	供
お Grade: S	ぶっく
	Grade: 5	Grade: 6
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
御佛供 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/obukku/ → /obuku/

The first morae is 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”), while the last two mora is from 佛供 (MC bjut kjowng|kjowngH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞bɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

• IPA^(key): [o̞bɯ̟ᵝk̚kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

御(お)仏供(ぶく) or 御(お)仏供(ぶっく) • (obuku or obukku) 

1. an offering to Buddha (usually rice)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
御	仏	供
う Grade: S	ぶく
	Grade: 5	Grade: 6
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
御佛供 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 御仏供 (obuku).

Noun

御仏供(うぶく) (ubuku) 

1. an offering to Buddha (usually rice)

References

• Sakihara (2006) p. 186