こち
See also: ごち
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 此方 |
⟨ko2ti⟩ → */kəti/ → /kot͡ɕi/
From Old Japanese.
Derived from 此 (ko, “this”, refers to object(s) near the speaker) + ち (-chi, suffix indicating direction).
Pronoun
こち • (kochi)
Derived terms
See also
| a-/wa- “I, we” (first person) |
na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person) |
k- “this” (close to speaker) |
s- “that” (close to listener) |
a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both) |
i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative) |
ono- “oneself” (reflexive) | |
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| Person | あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro) |
な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi) |
こ (ko) これ (kore) |
そ (so) それ (sore) |
あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) |
た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi) |
おの (ono) おのれ (onore) |
| Thing | こ (ko) これ (kore) |
そ (so) それ (sore) |
あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) |
いづれ (izure) なに (nani) |
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| Location | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko) |
いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko) |
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| Direction | こち (kochi) こなた (konata) |
そち (sochi) そなた (sonata) |
あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata) |
いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata) |
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| Manner | か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō) |
さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika) |
いか (ika) | ||||
| Time | いつ (itsu) |
Etymology 2
Kana spelling of several terms.
Noun
こち • (kochi)
Proper noun
こち • (Kochi)
- 越智, 古知, 幸地, 小知, 小地, 東風: a surname
- 仔智: a female given name
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of こち – see the following entries. | ||
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| (This term, こち (kochi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as こち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こち. |
(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 故知, 故智, 胡地.)
Old Japanese
Etymology 1
Derived from 此 (ko2, “this”, referring to object(s) near the speaker) + ち (-ti, suffix indicating direction).
Pronoun
こち (ko2ti)
- this direction, this way
- 711–712, Kojiki, lower volume (Emperor Yūryaku; poem 91):
- 久佐加辨能許知能夜麻登多多美許母弊具理能夜麻能...
- Kusakabe1 no2 ko2ti no2 yama to2 tatami1ko2mo2 Pe1guri-no2-yama no2...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- こちごち (ko2tigo2ti)
- をちこち (wotiko2ti)
Descendants
- Japanese: こち (kochi)
Etymology 2
Noun
こち (*ko1ti)