| Word form | taberu |
| Original script | 食べる |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Originally a honorific verb with the meaning “receive”. |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185) |
| Lexical stratum | wago |
| Year | 927 |
| Comparison with Korean | Class 2: (p problematic in MK): K capsu(si)-, cas(i)-- < MK casi-, ca(ɔps)-- < *cab-. (73) |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 424.1 |