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

• (Tokyo) おしえご [òshíégó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) おしえご [òshíéꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɕie̞ɡo̞]

Noun

おしえご • (oshiego) ^{←をしへご (wosifego)?}

1. disciple