うねる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
畝る

Etymology

From 畝(うね) (une) + る (-ru).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うねる [ùnéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ne̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

うねる • (uneru) ^{←うねる (uneru)^?}intransitive godan (stem うねり (uneri), past うねった (unetta))

for land to undulate, waves to swell
for a road to wind, twist

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	うねら	unera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	うねり	uneri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	うねる	uneru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	うねる	uneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	うねれ	unere
Meireikei ("imperative")	うねれ	unere
Key constructions
Passive	うねられる	unerareru
Causative	うねらせるうねらす	uneraseru unerasu
Potential	うねれる	unereru
Volitional	うねろう	unerō
Negative	うねらない	uneranai
Negative continuative	うねらず	unerazu
Formal	うねります	unerimasu
Perfective	うねった	unetta
Conjunctive	うねって	unette
Hypothetical conditional	うねれば	unereba

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN