しがみつく

しがみつく

Japanese

Alternative spelling
しがみ付く

Etymology

Compound of しがみ (shigami, continuative of しがむ (shigamu, “to bite hard”)) + 付(つ)く (tsuku, “to stick, adhere”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しがみつ​く [shìgámítsúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
• (Tokyo) しがみつく [shìgámítsúkú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• (Tokyo) しが​みつく [shìgáꜜmìtsùkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡa̠mʲit͡sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

しがみつく • (shigamitsuku) intransitive godan (stem しがみつき (shigamitsuki), past しがみついた (shigamitsuita))

1. cling to

   母(はは)親(おや)にしがみつく

   hahaoya ni shigamitsuku

   to cling to one's mother

   Synonym: 食い下がる

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しがみつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	しがみつか	shigamitsuka
Continuative (連用形)	しがみつき	shigamitsuki
Terminal (終止形)	しがみつく	shigamitsuku
Attributive (連体形)	しがみつく	shigamitsuku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	しがみつけ	shigamitsuke
Imperative (命令形)	しがみつけ	shigamitsuke
Key constructions
Passive	しがみつかれる	shigamitsukareru
Causative	しがみつかせる しがみつかす	shigamitsukaseru shigamitsukasu
Potential	しがみつける	shigamitsukeru
Volitional	しがみつこう	shigamitsukō
Negative	しがみつかない	shigamitsukanai
Negative continuative	しがみつかず	shigamitsukazu
Formal	しがみつきます	shigamitsukimasu
Perfective	しがみついた	shigamitsuita
Conjunctive	しがみついて	shigamitsuite
Hypothetical conditional	しがみつけば	shigamitsukeba

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN