Iki Gai

Iki gai is quite an old word. Can you talk about its origin? Orthe origin tho origin of the word igy goes back to the heran period, from about one thousand, 500 years ago. The word gy comes from the word k which means shell in geranese. Shells used to be very val e because they were used as decorations and in a shell matching game. And these shells were decorated by hand by artists. That's how it became to mean value from these decorated shelvs.