ほたえる
Japanese
Etymology
From early modern form ほたゆ (hotayu). Compare Kantō dialect ほだく (hodaku, “(derogatory) to say; to make noise; to joke around”), ほざく (hozaku, “(derogatory) to say”) and Old Japanese 呪く (<posaku> → hosaku, “to curse”).
Verb
ほたえる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, rōmaji hotaeru)
- (dialectal, chiefly Kansai, Chūgoku and Shikoku) to be noisy, to clown around, to cut up
- (obsolete) to behave in a spoiled manner, to be puffed up
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ほたえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | ほたえ | hotae | ||
| Continuative (連用形) | ほたえ | hotae | ||
| Terminal (終止形) | ほたえる | hotaeru | ||
| Attributive (連体形) | ほたえる | hotaeru | ||
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | ほたえれ | hotaere | ||
| Imperative (命令形) | ほたえよ¹ ほたえろ² | hotaeyo¹ hotaero² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | ほたえられる | hotaerareru | ||
| Causative | ほたえさせる ほたえさす | hotaesaseru hotaesasu | ||
| Potential | ほたえられる ほたえれる³ | hotaerareru hotaereru³ | ||
| Volitional | ほたえよう | hotaeyō | ||
| Negative | ほたえない ほたえぬ ほたえん | hotaenai hotaenu hotaen | ||
| Negative continuative | ほたえず | hotaezu | ||
| Formal | ほたえます | hotaemasu | ||
| Perfective | ほたえた | hotaeta | ||
| Conjunctive | ほたえて | hotaete | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | ほたえれば | hotaereba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Synonyms
- いちびる (ichibiru): (Kansai Dialect) to mess around, to be puffed up
- 騒ぐ (sawagu): to make noise
- 巫山戯る (fuzakeru): to joke around