窄める

Japanese

Kanji in this term
窄
すぼ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

The transitive form of 窄む (subomu, “to become tapered, pulled together, scrunched up”), from the adjective 窄い (suboi, “tapered, pulled together, scrunched up”) + verb suffix む (mu, “to be like, to become like”).

Root stem /subo-/ is semantically and phonetically similar to root /ɕibo/ (a pucker or wrinkle; see 皺 (shibo)).

Pronunciation

Verb

窄める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana すぼめる, rōmaji subomeru)

  1. to make something become tapered, pulled together, scrunched up:
    1. to shut or fold (an umbrella)
    2. to shrug (one's shoulders)
    3. to pucker or purse (one's lips)
Usage notes

/subomeru/ and /tsubomeru/ are mostly identical, differing in connotation: /subomeru/ implies bringing together or scrunching up something that was broad and spreading, as in cloth or one's mouth; whereas /tsubomeru/ implies closing down or narrowing something that was open wide, as an umbrella. This distinction is minor, however.

Conjugation
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
窄
つぼ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

The transitive form of 窄む (tsubomu, “to be narrowed, scrunched up”), probably as a shift from /subomu/ influenced by 蕾む / 莟む (tsubomu, “to form a bud”), ultimately from root /t͡subo/ (a container, a vessel)　+ verb suffix む (mu, “to be like, to become like”): see 壺 (tsubo, “a vessel, a basin, a container”).

Pronunciation

Verb

窄める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana つぼめる, rōmaji tsubomeru)

  1. to narrow something, to scrunch something up:
    1. to shut or fold (an umbrella)
    2. to shrug (one's shoulders)
    3. to pucker or purse (one's lips)
Usage notes

/subomeru/ and /tsubomeru/ are mostly identical, differing in connotation: /subomeru/ implies bringing together or scrunching up something that was broad and spreading, as in cloth or one's mouth; whereas /tsubomeru/ implies closing down or narrowing something that was open wide, as an umbrella. This distinction is minor, however.

Conjugation
See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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