Proto-Japanese: *kúsàpì
Meaning: wedge, brace, clinch
Russian meaning: клин, скоба, шпонка
Middle Japanese: kúsàfì, kúsàbì
Tokyo: kùsabi
Kyoto: kúsábí
Kagoshima: kusabí
Comments: JLTT 465. The word has a rare accent structure HLL. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,