あたい

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sound shift from earlier /wataɕi/, which shifted to /ataɕi/, and then to /atai/.[3][4][5]

Pronoun

あたい (rōmaji atai)

  1. 私: first-person pronoun: “I”, “me”
    Considered quite effeminate. Use is generally limited to girls and young women of the Shitamachi area of Tokyo, or to workers of the red light district.

Etymology 2

Readings of various kanji terms. See the individual entries for details.

Noun

あたい (rōmaji atai)

  1. 値, 価: value, merit
  2. 直, 費: in ancient Japan, a kind of title granted to powerful regional clans

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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