🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
くち【口】 : kuchi | define meaning
kuchi
Pronunciation: [kut͡ɕi]
Definition
Noun
- Mouth
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese くち【口】 kuchi "mouth".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1795-1798 (1804), by William Robert Broughton, records "Koodgee, The mouth".
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Coóchee (lit. mouth)".
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「くち」口（クチ）".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 口 |
| Kana | くち |
| Romanization | kuchi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [kut͡ɕi] |
意味：くち【口】
Categories:
口
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 8). くち【口】 : kuchi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4790/kuchi/.