ハブ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hub.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

ハブ • (habu) 

  1. (computer hardware) hub, a computer networking device
  2. a center or core
  3. central part of a wheel
Synonyms
  • (central part of a wheel): 轂 (koku, koshiki)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
波布
飯匙倩

Borrowed from Okinawan 波布 (habu, “pit viper”), where this kind of snake is native. Appears to be cognate with Japanese 蛇 (hebi, “snake”, depending on dialect, hebi may refer specifically to non-venomous snakes), and related to verb 食む (hamu, “to bite”).[4]

First cited in Japanese to a text from 1795.[5]

Pronunciation

Noun

ハブ • (habu) 

  1. 波布, 飯匙倩: Trimeresurus flavoviridis (now Protobothrops flavoviridis), a species of venomous pit viper native to Okinawa

Etymology 3

Shortening of noun form 省き (habuki, “omission”), in turn from verb 省く (habuku, “to omit”).[8]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ha̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ハブ • (habu) 

  1. (informal) someone who is left out of a group
Usage notes

May be used in a verb construction as ハブにする (habu ni suru, “to leave out of a group”, literally “to treat as an omission”).[8] Alternatively, the derived verb ハブる (haburu) may be used instead.[9]

Synonyms
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References
  1. “ハブ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “ハブ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”). Entry available online here (in Japanese). Accessed 2022-02-09.
  5. “波布・飯匙倩”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  6. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  7. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  8. “はぶ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  9. “はぶる”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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