あまごい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
雨乞い
雨請い

Etymology

From (あま) (ama) + () (koi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () ().). The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まごい [àmágóí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ɡo̞i]

Noun

あまごい (amagoi) あまごひ (amagofi)?

  1. praying for rain

Verb

あまごいする (amagoi suru) あまごひ (amagofi)?suru (stem あまごいし (amagoi shi), past あまごいした (amagoi shita))

  1. to pray for rain

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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