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ぐち【口】 : guchi | define meaning

guchi

Pronunciation: [ɡut͡ɕi]

Definition

Noun, suffix

Used to refer to a general manner of speaking: speech; language; dialect; accent.
1. うちなーぐち【沖縄口】
  uchinaaguchi (uchinaa-guchi)
  "Okinawan language"
2. あんだぐち【油口】
  anda-guchi
  "Compliment; prattle"
3. なーふぁぐち【那覇口】
  naafa-guchi
  "Naha dialect"

Etymology

Historically attested in Japanese. The sentence niffon guchi và xiranu "I don't know Japanese" was recorded in Diego Collado's Ars grammaticae Iaponicae lingvae (Grammar of the Japanese language), 1632. Ultimately derived from the rendaku form of くち【口】 kuchi, meaning "mouth" and, by extension, "speech", "talk", "opening", "entrance", etc.

意味：ことば【言葉】、げんご【言語】、ほうげん【方言】、べん【弁・辯】、くち・ぐち【口】、げんじ【言辞】、べんこう【弁口】

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Tags: Okinawan Language, Uchinaaguchi, Ryukyuan Languages, 沖縄方言, 沖縄語, うちなーぐち, 沖縄口, 琉球方言, 琉球語...

Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2019, October 15). ぐち【口】 : guchi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, September 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1174/guchi/.