How is the name "河内" pronounced, コーチ or コウチ?


How is the name 河内 pronounced, is it コーチ like 講師 = コーシ, or コウチ, like 子牛 = コウシ?
I have checked this word in the 三省堂明解アクセント辞典 but cannot find it.




As a name, it is up to the person how they pronounce it. A 戸籍謄本 does not
record a reading for a kanji name. Depending on the city hall, most 住民票 now do
provide a place to record how a name is to be read. However, that can be
changed at will whenever a person desires it. Also, the reading does not have
to be a normal reading; it can be nearly anything they wish as long as it is
in modern kana. There are no restrictions to which kana readings can be used
for any kanji. (The kanji itself, though, cannot be changed without court
permission.)

That said, without any special circumstances, 河内 would normally be コーチ. This
is an abbreviation of かわうち. The normal phonological development went as
follows: kapauti > kaɸauti > kaɸuti > ka[w]uti > kauti > kɔːti > koːti
[koːt͡ɕi].




As a name, it is up to the person how they pronounce it. A 戸籍謄本 does not
record a reading for a kanji name. Depending on the city hall, most 住民票 now do
provide a place to record how a name is to be read. However, that can be
changed at will whenever a person desires it. Also, the reading does not have
to be a normal reading; it can be nearly anything they wish as long as it is
in modern kana. There are no restrictions to which kana readings can be used
for any kanji. (The kanji itself, though, cannot be changed without court
permission.)

That said, without any special circumstances, 河内 would normally be コーチ. This
is an abbreviation of かわうち. The normal phonological development went as
follows: kapauti > kaɸauti > kaɸuti > ka[w]uti > kauti > kɔːti > koːti
[koːt͡ɕi].

