かわぞい

Japanese
Alternative spelling
川沿い

Etymology

From 川(かわ) (kawa, “river, stream, brooke”) + 沿(そ)い (soi, “along”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 沿(そ)う (sō).). The soi changes to zoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かわぞい [kàwázóí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠zo̞i]

Noun

かわぞい • (kawazoi) ←かはぞひ (kafazofi)?

  1. along the river, riverside

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