足袋

From Japanese 足袋 (tabi, “tabi, traditional Japanese socks with separation between the big toe and other toes”).

足袋

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) tabi (traditional Japanese socks)

• Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), “足袋”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Japanese and Min Nan), volume 2, Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), OCLC 25747241, page 9
• “Entry #31157”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

/taɴbi/ → /tabi/

Shift in pronunciation from tanbi, the expected regular kan'on compound reading for the 単皮 spelling,[1][2][3] which appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 938 CE.

Originally referred to a leather shoe, which could be made from a single (単) animal hide (皮).[3][4][5] As footwear in Japan developed, so too did the sense of tabi. The modern sense of a split-toed sock arose from at least the late Kamakura period, around the late 1200s, early 1300s. However, the leather shoe sense was still in use in 1603, as evidenced by the relevant entry in the Nippo Jisho.[6]

The shift in reading was possibly influenced by the regular kun'yomi tabi of the term 旅 (tabi, “travel, voyage, trip”), as the tabi footwear was often worn for travel.

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) た​び [táꜜbì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][7][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠bʲi]

• 単皮

足袋 (hiragana たび, rōmaji tabi)

1. tabi: traditional Japanese socks with a separation between the big toe and the other toes, to allow for the thong of 下駄 (geta, “traditional Japanese wooden clogs”), 草履 (zōri, “traditional Japanese straw sandals”), and other traditional Japanese footwear