Hida dialect

Hida dialect
Native to	Japan
Region	northern Gifu
Language family	Japonic Japanese Eastern Japanese Tōkai–Tōsan Gifu–Aichi Hida dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	hida1245

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 dialectal terms, for example:

Hida dialect	Lexical category	Standard Japanese	English
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
sabui	adjective	samui	cold
utatei	adjective	arigatai	thankful, grateful
wari	pronoun	anata, kimi	you
mon de	conjunction	no de	because

References

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See also

• Japanese dialects