つがい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
番い
番

Etymology

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 番(つが)う (tsugau, “to form pairs, to pair up, to pair off”).

Pronunciation

(noun):

  • (Tokyo) つがい [tsùgáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨɡa̠i]

(verb):

  • (Tokyo) つがい [tsùgáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨɡa̠i]

Noun

つがい • (tsugai) ←つがひ (tugafi)?

  1. (poetic) pair

Derived terms

Verb

つがい • (tsugai) ←つがひ (tugafi)?

  1. stem or continuative form of つがう (tsugau) [godan]

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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