でぶでぶ

Japanese

Etymology

Attested during the Edo period. Derived from でっぷり (deppuri) with reduplication of the でぶ (debu) element, in a similar pattern seen in other term pairs such as はっきり (hakkiri) → はきはき (hakihaki), ふらり (furari) → ふらふら (furafura), たっぷり (tappuri) → だぶだぶ (dabudabu), etc.

でっぷり (deppuri) itself likely derives from 出っ張り (deppari, “protruding”), from verb 出っ張る (depparu, “to protrude”), a compound of prefixed verb 出る (deru, “to go out”), used in a similar way to the English preposition out after a verb) and verb 張る (haru, of many meanings, the most relevant here being “to be taut / prominent / stuck out”).

Pronunciation 1
  • (Tokyo) で​ぶでぶ [déꜜbùdèbù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [de̞bɯ̟ᵝde̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

でぶでぶ (rōmaji debudebu)

  1. extremely fatly, obesely
    でぶでぶ太 (ふと)っている人 (ひと)
    debudebu futotte iru hito
    an obesely fat person
Usage notes

When used without a particle in a way that immediately modifies a verb, this is parsed grammatically as an adverb. However, in translation, it might correlate better with an adjective in English.

  • あのクロワッサンはでぶでぶしていておいしく見 (み)えるが…
    Ano kurowassan wa debudebu shite ite oishiku mieru ga…
    That croissant is plump and it looks delicious, but...

Pronunciation 2
  • (Tokyo) でぶでぶ [dèbúdébú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [de̞bɯ̟ᵝde̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

でぶでぶ (-na inflection, rōmaji debudebu)

  1. extremely fat, obese
    俺 (おれ)はでぶでぶになってるさ。
    Ore wa debudebu ni natte ru sa.
    Man, I'm getting really fat.

Inflection
Inflection of でぶでぶ
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) でぶでぶだろ debudebu daro
Continuative (連用形) でぶでぶで debudebu de
Terminal (終止形) でぶでぶだ debudebu da
Attributive (連体形) でぶでぶな debudebu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) でぶでぶなら debudebu nara
Imperative (命令形) でぶでぶであれ debudebu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative でぶでぶではない
でぶでぶじゃない		 debudebu de wa nai
debudebu ja nai
Informal past でぶでぶだった debudebu datta
Informal negative past でぶでぶではなかった
でぶでぶじゃなかった		 debudebu de wa nakatta
debudebu ja nakatta
Formal でぶでぶです debudebu desu
Formal negative でぶでぶではありません
でぶでぶじゃありません		 debudebu de wa arimasen
debudebu ja arimasen
Formal past でぶでぶでした debudebu deshita
Formal negative past でぶでぶではありませんでした
でぶでぶじゃありませんでした		 debudebu de wa arimasen deshita
debudebu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive でぶでぶで debudebu de
Conditional でぶでぶなら（ば） debudebu nara (ba)
Provisional でぶでぶだったら debudebu dattara
Volitional でぶでぶだろう debudebu darō
Adverbial でぶでぶに debudebu ni
Degree でぶでぶさ debudebusa

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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