みそじ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
三十三十歳三十路

Etymology

/misodi/ → /misozi/. Shift from earlier みそち (misochi),^[1] which is from Old Japanese, a compound of 三十 (miso, “thirty”) +‎ ち (chi, a suffix derived from つ (tsu), an Old Japanese counter). The -chi changes to -ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みそじ [mìsójí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) みそじ [míꜜsòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲiso̞ʑi]

Noun

みそじ • (misoji) ^{←みそぢ (misodi)^?}

(uncommon) thirty
(uncommon) thirty years of age

Related terms

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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