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🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Kagoshima)

く【食】 : ku | define meaning

Pronunciation: /ku/ [ku]

Definition

Verb

To eat
1. くゎんか【食ゎんか】
  kwan ka
  "Won't you eat?", "How about a bite?"
2. くやい【食やい】
  kuyai
  "Please eat", "Go ahead and eat"

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese くう【食う】 kuu "to eat".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	食
Kana	く
Romanization	ku
Pronunciation (IPA)	/ku/ [ku]

意味：くう【食う】、たべる【食べる】

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食

Tags: Kagoshima dialect, Kagomma-ben, Kagonma, Kagoima, Satsuma, Satsugu, かごっま, かごんま, 鹿児島弁, 鹿児島方言, 薩隅方言...

Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, August 7). く【食】 : ku | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 1, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5435/ku/.