物語好ち

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
物	語	好
むぬ Grade: 3	がたい Grade: 2	し > じ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 物語(むぬがたい) (munugatai, “story, conversation”) + 好(し)ち (shichi, “liked, favorite; continuative form of 好(し)ちゅん (shichun)”). The shichi reading of 好ち changes to jichi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /munuɡataid͡ʑit͡ɕi/

Adjective

物(むぬ)語(がたい)好(じ)ち (munugataijichi) 

1. talkative

References

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)