欲さい

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Kikai

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()さい (pusai

  1. wanted, desired

References

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  • 岩倉市郎 (1941) 喜界島方言集 [Kikai-jima Dialect Collection]‎[1] (in Japanese), 中央公論社, page 251