かわぞい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
川沿い

Etymology

From 川(かわ) (kawa, “river, stream, brooke”) + 沿(そ)い (soi, “along”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 沿(そ)う (sō).). The soi changes to zoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわぞい [kàwázóí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠zo̞i]

Noun

かわぞい • (kawazoi) ^{←かはぞひ (kafazofi)?}

1. along the river, riverside