端っこ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
端
はし
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
端
はし > はじ
Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

端 (はし) (hashi, “end”) + 子 (こ) (ko, diminutive suffix). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
The second reading is the result of a phonetic shift from hashikko.

Pronunciation

Noun

端っこ (hiragana はしっこ, rōmaji hashikko, alternative reading はじっこ, rōmaji hajikko)

  1. very end; far end

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.