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What is the etymology behind したっけ
No, this phrase isn't cognate with Standard Japanese あした.
したっけ literally means what in Standard Japanese そうしたら. The demonstrative そう is omitted because the whole context before is considered to stand ...
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words for snail
They are dialectal forms, but it could be said that three synonymous forms かたつむり, でんでんむし, and まいまい have gained more or less nation-wide recognition today. The situation is somehow similar to that "...
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What dialect is ！〜べ?
It's widely used in Kanto and Tohoku regions to a varying degree. Stereotyped Tohoku dialect uses っぺ instead of べ(ー), though.
東京方言
伝統的な関東方言・東北方言では意思・同意・推量の語尾は「べ（え）」であり、「行くべ」や「これだべ」「これだんべ」「...
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Why is ば in this sentence?
ば is the accusative particle used in wide area of (northern, as I remember) Kyushu as much as を in Standard Japanese. Etymologically it's from を + は contracted but no longer has share the は sense in ...
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Existence verbs in the Kansai Dialect
That statement basically only applies for おる as a simple existence verb. Non-humble おる is very common in Kansai. As a subsidiary verb, various forms including とる/ちょる/よる are commonly used instead of ...
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What does じゃな mean?
Like @himself noted, it does mean 葉人をつかまえたんだな. While some dialects do have this change, more importantly it's used to characterise the speaker as a stereotypical wise old male (usually in anime or ...
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何も言うでない ! meaning and origin
Yes, ～するでない is an old-fashioned and pompous way of saying "Don't do ～!".
In modern Japanese, this is a kind of 役割語 (stereotyped role words) which is typically used by nobles and/or old ...
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What is the meaning of 「まちいな」?
In some dialects spoken in the western part of Japan, you can elongate the last vowel of the masu-stem to make an imperative form:
歩きい。 (dialect) ＝ 歩け。 Walk.
見い。 (dialect) ＝ 見ろ。 Watch.
[待ちい]{...
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Grammar and aspect of 「コーヒー飲んでき！」
Here in all of your examples, it's a contraction of 飲んでいき～ (飲んで行きい) in regional dialect mainly used in the Kansai area, meaning 飲んでいけ (飲んで + subsidiary verb 行け), or 飲んでいって(ちょうだい), literally "(Please) ...
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Omission of く in negative form of い-adjective
There are at least three types of omission of く, which should be distinguished.
The "traditional western" euphoric change is called ウ音便 and is described in this question, this one and a chart in this ...
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What is the non-slurred version for 叫んどんねん? 叫んでおらない?
叫んどんねん is short for 叫んどるねん, which is short for 叫んでおるねん, which is 叫んでいるんだ(よ) said in Osaka-ben. There is no negation.
おる is used instead of いる in many western dialects to denote progressive aspect. ...
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What does the word 「しとったんや」 mean?
しとったんや means しておったのだ → していたのだ, "was doing", in colloquial Kansai-ben.
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Can hiragana & katakana "spell" the sounds of all Japonic, etc. topolects?
At least Okinawan has nonstandard kana to precisely represent their sounds. For example, Okinawan has two types of う ([u] and [ʔu]), whose difference is important for the local people to distinguish ...
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Meaning of 閉店ガラガラガラ in the following sentence
「ほな前座はこれにて」 → "Well then, that's it for the opening act."
「閉店ガラガラ」 is one of the signature shticks of the comedian 岡田圭右, of the Kansai comedy duo ますだおかだ, typically used at the end of their comedy ...
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「わし」 used by young males in Western Japan
Dialects in Setouchi (Okayama, Hiroshima, Kagawa, Ehime) are known to be close to the so-called "全国共通いなか言葉" typical of 昔話 (watch this YouTube video). People in those regions actually use ～...
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What is the meaning of きいしません?
[襲]{おそ}っては[来]{き}いしませんで
It means 襲ってはきませんよ.
Here in Kyoto, we sometimes say things like:
あらしません to mean ありません
わからしません to mean わかりません
かましまへん to mean かまいません
でけしまへん to mean できません
みいしまへん to mean みません
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Meaning of the phrase 「さわいどるんかの？」
It's [一体]{いったい}[何]{なに}を[騒]{さわ}いでいるんだ？ or 騒いでいるんですか？ "What's the fuss about?" in some regional dialect or the role language for old speakers.
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What is とう in 行きとうない
“行きとうない” is the same as “行きたくない” in the standard Japanese.
“私はもう行きとうない” means that I don’t want to go anymore.
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Meaning of トッツケ on a house plan
取っ付き (or 取り付き) means "starter", "first (step/impression)", "clue" etc.
大辞林 defines 取っ付き like this:
とっつき【取っ付き】
①物事のやり始め。初手。 「－から失敗する」
②初めて会った時に受ける感じ。第一印象。 「－の悪い男だ」
③ある建物・場所などに入る時，一番初めに通る所。...
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What does the word 「だまっとれ」mean?
There is another subsidiary verb, おる, in its imperative form.
黙っておる can be contracted to 黙っとる (see this chart).
おる is mainly used to make a humble expression, but it's also used as an arrogant, ...
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What does the word 「だまっとれ」mean?
The other answers are mainly correct, but they leave out the part that this is usage of 黙っとる or 黙っとれ are still common in certain dialects, mainly western Japan. Some say the dividing line is somewhere ...
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meaning of みんべえ
みんべえ is a collapsed pronunciation of みるべえ or みるべ.
る in verbs often contracts to ん in colloquial speech when followed by some words, eg:
[何]{なに}[見]{み}てるのよ！ → [何]{なに}[見]{み}てんのよ！
バカなことするなよ。 → ...
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pronunciation, dialects/background: わたす、すた？
Am I hearing her right? Is she really pronouncing し closer to す?
Is there an area of Japan where this kind of pronunciation is common?
Does this derive from a dialect/Can this be considered a ...
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What is the meaning of the slang ～じゃてえ?
It's not a recent slang word but a dialectal form of だって or だな. It's probably still in use in some parts of western Japan*, but it may be best to consider it as a stereotyped role word of old people ...
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