みっけ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
見っけ

Etymology

Compare 見付(みつ)ける (mitsukeru, “to find”) and its dialectal variant みっける (mikkeru). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “presumably from みつけた or sth. also みっける is dialect?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲik̚ke̞]

Interjection

みっけ • (mikke) 

1. (hide-and-seek, childish) found you!

Verb

みっけ • (mikke) 

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of みっける (mikkeru) [ichidan]

References

• 2004. “みっけ【見っけ】” in Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, fifth edition. Tokyo: Kenkyūsha.