びんた

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲĩnta̠]

Noun

びんた or ビンタ • (binta

  1. (slang) a slap on the face
See also
  • 平手打(ひらてう) (hirate-uchi)

Verb

びんたする or ビンタする • (binta surusuru (stem びんた (binta shi), past びんたした (binta shita))

  1. (slang) to slap someone on the face
Conjugation
Conjugation of "びんたする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") びんたし binta shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") びんたし binta shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") びんたする binta suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") びんたする binta suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") びんたすれ binta sure
Meireikei ("imperative") びんたせよ¹
びんたしろ²
binta seyo¹
binta shiro²
Key constructions
Passive びんたされる binta sareru
Causative びんたさせる
びんたさす
binta saseru
binta sasu
Potential びんたできる binta dekiru
Volitional びんたしよう binta shiyō
Negative びんたしない binta shinai
Negative continuative びんたせず binta sezu
Formal びんたします binta shimasu
Perfective びんたした binta shita
Conjunctive びんたして binta shite
Hypothetical conditional びんたすれば binta sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Perhaps from (bin, hair on the temples). The -ta suffix is unknown, but it could have been that same as the one in 新た (arata, new). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Kagoshima) IPA(key): /bìⁿtáꜜ/ (tone class B)

Noun

びんた • (binta

  1. (dialectal, Kagoshima) head (body part); hair on the head
    Synonym:
    びんたある
    binta o aru
    I wash my hair.
  2. (dialectal, Kagoshima) headache
    びんたいて
    binta ga ite
    My head hurts.

References

  • Hirayama, Teruo (平山 照男); Ōshima Ichirō (大島 一郎); Ōno Masao (大野 眞男); Kuno Makoto (久野 眞); Kuno Mariko (久野 マリ子); Sugimura Takao (杉村 孝夫) (1992-1994), 現代日本語方言大辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Dialects], Tokyo: Meiji Shoin (明治書院), page 146

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