かち

<kati> → /kat͡ɕi/

From Old Japanese. Cognate with Okinawan かち (katɕi), Kunigami かちー (katɕiː) and Eastern Old Japanese 加志 (<kasi>, whence Japanese 徒 (kashi)).

かち (rōmaji kachi)

1. 徒, 歩, 歩行, 徒歩: (dated) walking, going on foot

   Synonyms: 徒歩 (toho), 歩き (aruki)

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 11, poem 2425)

     山科 (やましなの)　強田山 (こはたのやまを)　馬雖在 (うまはあれど)　歩 (かち)吾来 (よりわがこし)　汝念不得 (なをおもひかねて) [Man'yōgana]

     山科 (やましな)の　木幡 (こはた)の山 (やま)を　馬 (うま)はあれど　徒 (か)歩 (ち)より我 (わ)が来 (こ)し　汝 (な)を思 (おも)ひかねて [Modern spelling]

     <Yamasina no₂ Ko₂pata no₂ yama wo uma pa aredo₂ kati yo₂ri waga ko₂si na wo omo₂pi₁kanete>
     → Yamashina no Kowata no yama o uma wa aredo kachi yori waga koshi na o omoikanete

     Through the mountain of Kowata, Yamashina, though having a horse, I have come on foot, with becoming unable to suppress my feelings for you.

2. 徒, 歩, 歩行, 徒歩, 徒士: (archaic) a lower-level samurai who accompanies with the master in walking and goes on the beginning of the parade

   Synonyms: 徒の衆 (kachi no shū), 徒侍 (kachizamurai), 御徒 (okachi), 御徒士 (okachi)

かち (rōmaji kachi)

1. 勝ち, 勝: victory

Various kanji readings.

かち (rōmaji kachi)

1. 価値: value
2. 褐: (archaic) dark navy blue; coarse woolen fabric