ばっちい

Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of ばばっちい (babatchii) of same meaning.[1][2][3] Appears in texts from the early 1980s.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っち [bàtchíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠t̚t͡ɕiː]

Adjective

ばっちい (batchii) -i (adverbial ばっちく (batchiku))

  1. (informal, childish) dirty, unclean

Inflection

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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