縫う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 縫 |
| ぬ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Etymology
/nupu/ → /nuɸu/ → /nuː/
From Old Japanese.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぬう [núꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [nɯ̟ᵝː]
Audio (file)
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "縫う"
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 縫う | ぬう | [núꜜù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 縫え | ぬえ | [núꜜè] |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 縫われる | ぬわれる | [nùwáréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 縫わせる | ぬわせる | [nùwáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | 縫える | ぬえる | [nùéꜜrù] |
| Volitional | 縫おう | ぬおー | [nùóꜜò] |
| Negative | 縫わない | ぬわない | [nùwáꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 縫わなかった | ぬわなかった | [nùwáꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 縫います | ぬいます | [nùímáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 縫った | ぬった | [núꜜttà] |
| Conjunctive | 縫って | ぬって | [núꜜttè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 縫えば | ぬえば | [núꜜèbà] |
Verb
縫う • (nuu) ←ぬふ (nufu)? transitive godan (stem 縫い (nui), past 縫った (nutta))
- to sew
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Conjugation
Conjugation of "縫う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 縫わ | ぬわ | nuwa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 縫い | ぬい | nui |
| Terminal (終止形) | 縫う | ぬう | nuu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 縫う | ぬう | nuu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 縫え | ぬえ | nue |
| Imperative (命令形) | 縫え | ぬえ | nue |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 縫われる | ぬわれる | nuwareru |
| Causative | 縫わせる 縫わす | ぬわせる ぬわす | nuwaseru nuwasu |
| Potential | 縫える | ぬえる | nueru |
| Volitional | 縫おう | ぬおう | nuō |
| Negative | 縫わない | ぬわない | nuwanai |
| Negative continuative | 縫わず | ぬわず | nuwazu |
| Formal | 縫います | ぬいます | nuimasu |
| Perfective | 縫った | ぬった | nutta |
| Conjunctive | 縫って | ぬって | nutte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 縫えば | ぬえば | nueba |
Classical conjugation of "縫ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 縫は | ぬは | nufa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 縫ひ | ぬひ | nufi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 縫ふ | ぬふ | nufu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 縫ふ | ぬふ | nufu |
| Realis (已然形) | 縫へ | ぬへ | nufe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 縫へ | ぬへ | nufe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 縫はず | ぬはず | nufazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 縫へど | ぬへど | nufedo |
| Causal conjunction | 縫へば | ぬへば | nufeba |
| Conditional conjunction | 縫はば | ぬはば | nufaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 縫ひき | ぬひき | nufiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 縫ひけり | ぬひけり | nufikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 縫ひつ | ぬひつ | nufitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 縫ひぬ | ぬひぬ | nufinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 縫へり 縫ひたり | ぬへり ぬひたり | nuferi nufitari |
| Volitional | 縫はむ | ぬはむ | nufamu |
Derived terms
- 間隙を縫う (kangeki o nuu)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN