EtymologyEdit
Shift from archaic pronoun こち (kochi).[1][2][3]
PronunciationEdit
こっち • (kotchi)
- (informal) this direction, this way
- そこのお前、こっちこい。
- Soko no omae, kotchi koi.
- Hey, you, come here.
- (informal) this person; I, me, we us
- (informal) this thing
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN