炊かしぐ

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

cook (rice); boil

Rare, old-fashioned verb for cooking rice or boiling food. In modern Japanese, 炊く (たく) is the standard word for cooking rice, and 茹でる (ゆでる) or 煮る (にる) for boiling. This word may appear in historical or dialectal contexts.

• 昔むかしはかまどでご飯はんを炊かしぐことがあった。

  In the old days, people sometimes cooked rice in a kamado stove.

• この地ち方ほうでは、今いまでも芋いもをかしぐと言いうことがある。

  In this region, people still sometimes say 'kashigu' for boiling potatoes.