うんち
Japanese
Etymology
From うん (un, the sound made when straining)[1] + ち (chi), a suffixing element of unclear derivation; possibly related to the directional nominalizer ち (chi) also seen in words like こっち (kocchi, “this way, this direction”), どっち (docchi, “which way, which direction”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) うんち [úꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝɲ̟t͡ɕi]
Noun
うんち (rōmaji unchi)
- (childish) poop, shit, feces
Verb
うんちする (rōmaji unchi suru)
- (childish) to poop, to shit
Conjugation
Conjugation of "うんちする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | うんちし | unchi shi | ||
| Continuative (連用形) | うんちし | unchi shi | ||
| Terminal (終止形) | うんちする | unchi suru | ||
| Attributive (連体形) | うんちする | unchi suru | ||
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | うんちすれ | unchi sure | ||
| Imperative (命令形) | うんちせよ¹ うんちしろ² | unchi seyo¹ unchi shiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | うんちされる | unchi sareru | ||
| Causative | うんちさせる うんちさす | unchi saseru unchi sasu | ||
| Potential | うんちできる | unchi dekiru | ||
| Volitional | うんちしよう | unchi shiyō | ||
| Negative | うんちしない | unchi shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | うんちせず | unchi sezu | ||
| Formal | うんちします | unchi shimasu | ||
| Perfective | うんちした | unchi shita | ||
| Conjunctive | うんちして | unchi shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | うんちすれば | unchi sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Synonyms
- うんこ (unko): poop, turd
- 大便 (daiben): bowel movement, stool
- 糞 (kuso): shit, excrement
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN