扇ぐ

扇ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
扇
あお Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 煽ぐ

Etymology

/apuɡu/ → /afuɡu/ → /auɡu/ → /aoɡu/

Compare 煽る (aoru, “to be blown by the wind; to fan, flap”, intransitive).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あお​ぐ [àóꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

扇ぐ (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana あおぐ, rōmaji aogu, historical hiragana あふぐ)

1. to fan

   団扇 (うちわ)で扇 (あお)ぐ。

   Uchiwa de aogu.

   He fans himself with a round fan.

2. (of wind, archaic) to blow

   Synonym: 吹く (fuku)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "扇ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	扇が	あおが	aoga
Continuative (連用形)	扇ぎ	あおぎ	aogi
Terminal (終止形)	扇ぐ	あおぐ	aogu
Attributive (連体形)	扇ぐ	あおぐ	aogu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	扇げ	あおげ	aoge
Imperative (命令形)	扇げ	あおげ	aoge
Key constructions
Passive	扇がれる	あおがれる	aogareru
Causative	扇がせる 扇がす	あおがせる あおがす	aogaseru aogasu
Potential	扇げる	あおげる	aogeru
Volitional	扇ごう	あおごう	aogō
Negative	扇がない	あおがない	aoganai
Negative continuative	扇がず	あおがず	aogazu
Formal	扇ぎます	あおぎます	aogimasu
Perfective	扇いだ	あおいだ	aoida
Conjunctive	扇いで	あおいで	aoide
Hypothetical conditional	扇げば	あおげば	aogeba

Derived terms

• 扇 (おうぎ) (ōgi, “hand fan”)
• 扇 (あお)ぎ立 (た)てる (aogitateru)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN