けえ

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

/kai//keː/

Shift from かい (kai).[1]

Particle[edit]

けえ (

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Particle[edit]

けえ (

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

References[edit]

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