わっち
Japanese
editEtymology
editChanged from 私 (watashi).
Had been used by the early modern artisans and prostitutes.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
edit- 私: (now dialectal) first-person singular pronoun
- 1765–1840, Haifū yanagidaru (誹風柳多留), volume 14:
- わっちをも請け出してよと禿泣き
- watchi o mo ukedashiteyo to kaburo naki
- "Please redeem me too!" A kaburo [young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute] cries.
- わっちをも請け出してよと禿泣き
- (dialectal, Tottori) second-person plural pronoun