みそち

Japanese

Alternative spellings
三十 三十歳 三十路

Etymology

/mi so ti/ → /misot͡ɕi/

From Old Japanese. Compound of 三十 (miso, “thirty”) +‎ ち (chi, a suffix derived from つ (tsu), an Old Japanese counter). Compare 二十歳 (hatachi, “twenty years old”).

This reading is obsolete, and has been superseded by みそじ (misoji).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲiso̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

みそち • (misochi) 

1. (obsolete) thirty
2. (obsolete) thirty years of age

Related terms

• 二十歳(はたち) (hatachi)