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Japanese
Etymology 1
/kai/ → /keː/
Shift from かい (kai).[1]
Particle
けえ • (kē)
- (informal, intimate, sometimes considered dialectal) Clause-ending question particle.
Derived terms
- け (ke) (shortened form of same meaning and general usage)
Etymology 2
Particle
けえ • (kē)
- (Hiroshima) because
- Synonym: (standard language) から (kara)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN