Tanım
•the past · ancient times · the deceased
Etimoloji
⟨ini si pe₁⟩ → */inisipʲe/ → /iniɕiɸe/ → /iniɕiwe/ → /iniɕie/ From Old Japanese 古 (inisipe₁), itself derived from 往に (ini, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 往ぬ (inu), “to pass”) + し (-shi, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of き (-ki), classical past-tense marker) + 方 (-he, a suffix expressing time; by extension of 辺 (-he), expressing direction).