どい

See also: とい

Japanese

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do̞i]

Pronoun

どい • (doi) 

1. Tōhoku form of どれ (dore)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do̞i]

Noun

どい • (doi) 

1. Toyama form of 土手 (dote)

Etymology 3

Sound change of どえ (Doe), the reverse of 江戸 (Edo, “Edo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do̞i]

Proper noun

どい • (Doi) 

1. (back slang, crime) Tokyo (a major prefecture of Japan).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of どい – see the following entries.

【土居】 [proper noun] a surname

【土井】 [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] Doi (several neighborhoods in Japan): [proper noun] A neighborhood of Awa, Tokushima Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Sayō, Sayō district, Hyōgo Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Minabe, Hidaka district, Wakayama Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Higashi, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.

【土肥】 [proper noun] a surname

(This term, どい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 土位, 土生, 道井.)