Dialect
The Akita dialect (秋田弁, Akita-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Akita Prefecture.[1]
Classification
The dialect is a member of the Kita-Ōu dialect within the Tōhoku dialect of Eastern Japanese. It shares this grouping with dialects spoken in Aomori, north-central Iwate, coastal Yamagata and the Agakita region in Niigata Prefecture.
Sub-divisions
Examples
English
|
Standard Japanese
|
Akita dialect
|
I
|
watashi
|
oi
|
you
|
anata
|
ada, nga(impolite)
|
cute
|
kawaii
|
menke
|
countryside
|
inaka
|
jengo
|
warm
|
atatakai
|
nugi
|
money
|
(o-)kane
|
jenko, jen
|
forehead
|
hitai, (o-)deko
|
nazugi
|
cooked rice/meal
|
gohan
|
mama
|
penis
|
(o-)chinchin
|
gamo
|
liar
|
usotsuki
|
bashikogi
|
child
|
kodomo
|
warashi
|
use force
|
boryoku wo furuu
|
arageru
|
grow (plant)
|
sodatsu
|
ogaru
|
join
|
sanka suru
|
kadaru
|
go bankrupt
|
hasan suru
|
kamadokyasu
|
steal
|
nusumu
|
gameru
|
get angry
|
okoru
|
goshagu
|
References
- ^ Sakuraba, Ataru (19 July 2017). "秋田弁講座". Retrieved 19 July 2017.