けえ

Japanese

Etymology 1

/kai//keː/

Shift from かい (kai).[1]

Particle

けえ • (

  1. (informal, intimate, sometimes considered dialectal) Clause-ending question particle.
Derived terms
  • (ke) (shortened form of same meaning and general usage)

Etymology 2

Particle

けえ • (

  1. (Hiroshima) because
    Synonym: (standard language) から (kara)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN