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ぐち【口】

guchi

Pronunciation: [ɡut͡ɕi]

Definition

Noun, suffix

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

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OrthographyForm
Kanji
Kanaぐち
Romanizationguchi
Pronunciation (IPA)[ɡut͡ɕi]

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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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2019, October 15). ぐち【口】 : guchi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1174/guchi/.