かみつく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
噛み付く噛みつく

Etymology

From 噛(か)み (kami, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 噛(か)む (kamu).”) + 付(つ)く (tsuku).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かみつく [kàmítsúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲit͡sɨkɯ̟]

Verb

かみつく • (kamitsuku) ^{←かみつく (kamituku)^?}godan (stem かみつき (kamitsuki), past かみついた (kamitsuita))

to bite into

Conjugation

Conjugation of "かみつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	かみつか	kamitsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	かみつき	kamitsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	かみつく	kamitsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	かみつく	kamitsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	かみつけ	kamitsuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	かみつけ	kamitsuke
Key constructions
Passive	かみつかれる	kamitsukareru
Causative	かみつかせるかみつかす	kamitsukaseru kamitsukasu
Potential	かみつける	kamitsukeru
Volitional	かみつこう	kamitsukō
Negative	かみつかない	kamitsukanai
Negative continuative	かみつかず	kamitsukazu
Formal	かみつきます	kamitsukimasu
Perfective	かみついた	kamitsuita
Conjunctive	かみついて	kamitsuite
Hypothetical conditional	かみつけば	kamitsukeba

References

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