Hida dialect
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The Hida dialect (飛騨弁, Hida-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along with the Mino dialect in the south, it is one of the two main dialects of Gifu Prefecture. It uses a number of non-standard words, for example:
Hida dialect | Lexical category | Standard Japanese | English |
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ashitari | noun | ashita | tomorrow |
appo | noun | mochi | rice cake |
dashikan | adjective | dameda | no good, too bad |
gade | noun | tsukaide | quantity |
gebasu | intransitive verb | shippaisuru | fail |
kenarui | adjective | urayamashii | envious |
kosui | adjective | zurui | cunning |
kotsukaru | intransitive verb | butsukaru | collide with |
kotsukeru | transitive verb | butsukeru | strike, hit, knock |
kowai | adjective | moushiwakenai | afraid of |
mataji | noun | katazuke | clearing away |
matajisuru | transitive verb | katazukeru | clear away |
oku | transitive verb | yameru | stop |
oharu | transitive verb | hoshigaru | desire, want, wish |
ori | pronoun | watashi, boku, ore | I |
osogai | adjective | kowai | afraid |
ozoi | adjective | warui | inferior, poor in quality |
utatei | adjective | arigatai | thankful, grateful |
wari | pronoun | anata, kimi | you |
mon de | conjunction | no de | because |