おしえご

Japanese

Alternative spelling
教え子

Etymology

From 教(おし)え (oshie, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 教(おし)える (oshieru).”) + 子(こ) (ko). The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

おしえご • (oshiego) ←をしへご (wosifego)?

  1. disciple

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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