English Explanatory Dictionary

kabufuda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Small, rigid Japanese playing cards, a single deck consisting of 40 cards with values ranging from 1 to 10, used for playing hand-comparing betting games such as oicho-kabu.

Pronunciation

/ˌkɑːbuˈfuːdə/

Word forms

kabufuda

Etymology

From Japanese 株(かぶ)札(ふだ) (kabufuda), a compound of カブ (kabu, “the 9 card in kabufuda”) + 札 (fuda, “card”). The former is borrowed from Portuguese cabo (“end”, for being the highest non-face card).

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