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Here is the sentence said by Kansai speaker who was capturing 2 boys who were
chasing another guy.

**まちいな** あんさんたち。

I think the word would mean 待つ with particle な emphasizing the emotion but I
would like to know what the exact Japanese standard dialect form of the word
really is.
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What is the meaning of 「まちいな」?
Pretty simple transformation into standard Japanese; you were on the right
track:

> 待ちなさい、あなたたち。
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Just to add to Brandon's answer, 「あんさんたち」is rarely used by the younger
generation these days. In my line of work I hear it every now and again, but
only ever said by the older generation.
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In some dialects spoken in the western part of Japan, you can elongate the
last vowel of the masu-stem to make an imperative form:

>   * 歩きい。 (dialect) ＝ 歩け。 Walk.
>   * 見い。 (dialect) ＝ 見ろ。 Watch.
>   * **[待ちい]{LHL}。** (dialect) ＝ [待て]{HL}。 Wait.
>   * [食べえ]{LHL}。 (dialect) ＝ [食べろ]{LHL}。 Eat.
>

(From my personal experience, I feel this is mainly used in Chugoku/Shikoku
region, but I may be wrong. See
[西日本方言#文法](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%96%B9%E8%A8%80#.E6.96.87.E6.B3.95))

You can attach various sentence-end particles like な, や, or よ, as usual.

(Attaching な to this kind of imperative may be specific to Osaka dialect. I
found this article:
[「大阪方言の命令形」に後接する終助詞ヤ・ナ](http://ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/11094/4642/1/21-05.pdf)
(PDF))

>   * すぐ来【き】いや。 (dialect) ＝ すぐ来【こ】いよ。 Come at once.
>   * はよう寝えよ。 (dialect) ＝ はやく寝ろよ。 Go to bed now.
>   * **[待ちいな]{LHLL}。** (dialect) ＝ [待てよ]{HLL}。 Wait.
>

Note that you can use な to form _positive_ imperative in _standard_ Japanese,
too. But the last vowel of the masu-form is not elongated in the standard
Japanese. Also see the difference in accents.

[Using な in positive instead of negative imperative (e.g.
行きな)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2707/)

>   * [待ちな]{LHH}。 ＝ [待て]{HL}。
>   * [食べな]{LHH}。 ＝ [食べろ]{LHL}。
>
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