くにことば

Japanese

Alternative spelling
国言葉

Alternative forms

(honorific) おくにことば (o-kuni-kotoba)

Etymology

From 国(くに) (kuni) + 言(こと)葉(ば) (kotoba).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くにことば [kùníkóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟iko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

くにことば • (kuni-kotoba) ^{←くにことば (kunikotoba)^?}

one's local dialect
- 1935, Miyamoto Yuriko, Tottei‎:
  
  「まアおばん様(さま)、あぶなかったのし」
  と国(くに)言(こと)葉(ば)で云(い)いながら出(で)て来(き)て、祖母(そぼ)を扶(たす)けて座(ざ)敷(しき)へ上(あ)げて呉(く)れた。
  “Mā oban-sama, abunakatta noshi”
  to kuni-kotoba de iinagara dete kite, sobo o tasukete zashiki e agete kureta.
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

方(ほう)言(げん) (hōgen)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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