こづく
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 小突く 小衝く |
Etymology
From 小 (ko) + 突く (tsuku). The tsuku changes to zuku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) こづく [kòzúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ko̞zɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
こづく • (kozuku) ←こづく (koduku)? godan (stem こづき (kozuki), past こづいた (kozuita))
- to poke someone with the finger
- to bully; to punish
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こづく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | こづか | kozuka | |
| Continuative (連用形) | こづき | kozuki | |
| Terminal (終止形) | こづく | kozuku | |
| Attributive (連体形) | こづく | kozuku | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | こづけ | kozuke | |
| Imperative (命令形) | こづけ | kozuke | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | こづかれる | kozukareru | |
| Causative | こづかせる こづかす | kozukaseru kozukasu | |
| Potential | こづける | kozukeru | |
| Volitional | こづこう | kozukō | |
| Negative | こづかない | kozukanai | |
| Negative continuative | こづかず | kozukazu | |
| Formal | こづきます | kozukimasu | |
| Perfective | こづいた | kozuita | |
| Conjunctive | こづいて | kozuite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | こづけば | kozukeba | |
Derived terms
- こづきまわす (kozukimawasu)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN