末っ子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
末	子
すえ Grade: 4	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Shift from earlier 末(すえ)子(こ) (sueko),^[1] from 末 (sue, “end”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すえっこ [sùékkó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨe̞k̚ko̞]

Noun

末(すえ)っ子(こ) • (suekko)

youngest child
Synonyms: (dialectal, Kagoshima) しったれ (shittare), 末子 (basshi, masshi, sueko)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN