台詞
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 台詞 – see 臺詞 (“lines”). (This term, 台詞, is a variant form of 臺詞.) |
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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台 | 詞 |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 6 |
Irregular |
*/seri ipu/ → */seripu/ → /serifu/
Probably originally a compound of 競り (seri, “hawking, calling out in a loud voice”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “the continuative or stem form”) of verb 競る (seru, “to hawk, to call out in a loud voice”)) + 言ふ (ifu , ancient spelling of modern 言う (iu), “to say”).[1]
*/seri apu/ → */seripu/ → /serifu/
Alternatively, the final -fu may have come instead from 合ふ (afu), ancient form of modern 合う (au, “to do something together”).[1]
Alternative forms
- 科白, 白 (rare)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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台 | 詞 |
だい Grade: 2 |
し Grade: 6 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 台詞 (MC jɨ|tʰʌi zɨ). Uses the goon reading for the first character and the kan'on reading for the second character, suggesting either a pronunciation shift within Japanese, or influence from a Chinese dialect or later pronunciation.
Usage notes
The serifu reading is more common.[1]
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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