もつれあう
Japanese
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縺れ合う もつれ合う |
Etymology
From 縺れ (motsure, “連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 縺れる (motsureru).”) + 合う (au).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) もつれあう [mòtsúréáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞a̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
もつれあう • (motsureau) godan (stem もつれあい (motsureai), past もつれあった (motsureatta), historical kana もつれあふ)
- to become tangled together
Conjugation
Conjugation of "もつれあう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | もつれあわ | motsureawa | |
Continuative (連用形) | もつれあい | motsureai | |
Terminal (終止形) | もつれあう | motsureau | |
Attributive (連体形) | もつれあう | motsureau | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | もつれあえ | motsureae | |
Imperative (命令形) | もつれあえ | motsureae | |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | もつれあわれる | motsureawareru | |
Causative | もつれあわせる もつれあわす | motsureawaseru motsureawasu | |
Potential | もつれあえる | motsureaeru | |
Volitional | もつれあおう | motsureaō | |
Negative | もつれあわない | motsureawanai | |
Negative continuative | もつれあわず | motsureawazu | |
Formal | もつれあいます | motsureaimasu | |
Perfective | もつれあった | motsureatta | |
Conjunctive | もつれあって | motsureatte | |
Hypothetical conditional | もつれあえば | motsureaeba |
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN