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Japanese

Alternative spellings
雨乞い
雨請い

Etymology

From (あま) (ama) + () (koi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () ().). The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

あまごい (amagoiあまごひ (amagofi)?

  1. praying for rain

Verb

あまごいする (amagoi suruあまごひ (amagofi)?suru (stem あまごい (amagoi shi), past あまごいした (amagoi shita))

  1. to pray for rain

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN