欲さい

Kikai

Kanji in this term
欲
ぷ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

欲しゃい (pushai)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *posi, from Proto-Japonic *pəsi. Cognate with Japanese 欲しい (hoshii).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pusai/

Adjective

欲(ぷ)さい (pusai)

wanted, desired

References

岩倉市郎 (1941) 喜界島方言集 [Kikai-jima Dialect Collection]‎ (in Japanese), 中央公論社, page 251

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