あちき

Sound change from わちき (wachiki), giving it a more feminine sound; compare 私(わたし) (watashi) to あたし (atashi), わたい (watai) to あたい (atai), and わっち (watchi) to あっち (atchi). Likely ultimately from 私(わたくし) (watakushi).

• (Tokyo) あちき [àchíkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠t͡ɕikʲi]

あちき • (achiki) 

1. (kuruwa kotoba, archaic) I; me (used by prostitutes in the Edo period)
   • 2024, 霄 [Mizore], “すだれなごり [Sudarenagori, fin del verano; comienzo del otoño]”‎^[1]:

     哀(かな)しいぢやねへか夏(なつ)めきよ私(あちき)を置(お)いて逝(ゆ)くなんぞ

     Kanashii ja nē ka natsumeki yo achiki o oite yuku nanzo

     Isn't it sad? Oh, how summer goes, it will surely leave me behind

• “あちき”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months