🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ぐち【口】 : guchi | define meaning
guchi
Pronunciation: [ɡut͡ɕi]
Definition
Noun, suffix
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.
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | 口 |
Kana | ぐち |
Romanization | guchi |
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】