末っ子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
末 子
すえ
Grade: 4		 こ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Shift from earlier 末(すえ)子(こ) (sueko),[1] from 末 (sue, “end”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) すえっこ [sùékkó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝe̞k̚ko̞]

Noun

末(すえ)っ子(こ) • (suekko) 

  1. youngest child
    Synonyms: (dialectal, Kagoshima) しったれ (shittare), 末子 (basshi, masshi, sueko)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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