タマキビ

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Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

A less common word for corn; とうもろこし is the standard term. タマキビ may be encountered in older texts, regional usage, or poetic contexts.

See also: トウモロコシ

祖そ母ぼはトウモロコシのことをタマキビと呼よんでいた。
My grandmother used to call corn 'tamakibi'.

2

periwinkle (a type of sea snail)

usually written using kana alone

Refers to a small marine snail, Littorina brevicula, commonly found on rocky shores in Japan. Often written in katakana as タマキビ.

磯いそでタマキビをたくさん見みつけた。
I found many periwinkles on the rocky shore.