Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
雨乞い
雨請い

Etymology edit

From (あま) (ama) + () (koi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () ().). The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

あまごい (amagoiあまごひ (amagofi)?

  1. praying for rain

Verb edit

あまごいする (amagoi suruあまごひ (amagofi)?suru (stem あまごい (amagoisuru shi), past あまごいした (amagoisuru shita))

  1. to pray for rain

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN