ほたえる
Japanese
Etymology
From early modern form ほたゆ (hotayu). Compare Kantō dialect ほだく (hodaku, “(derogatory) to say; to make noise; to joke around”), ほざく (hozaku, “(derogatory) to say”) and Old Japanese 呪く (<posaku> → hosaku, “to curse”).
Verb
ほたえる • (hotaeru) ←ほたえる (fotaeru)?intransitive ichidan (stem ほたえ (hotae), past ほたえた (hotaeta))
- (dialectal, chiefly Kansai, Chūgoku and Shikoku) to be noisy, to clown around, to cut up
- (obsolete) to behave in a spoiled manner, to be puffed up
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ほたえ | hotae | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ほたえ | hotae | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ほたえる | hotaeru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ほたえる | hotaeru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ほたえれ | hotaere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ほたえよ¹ ほたえろ² |
hotaeyo¹ hotaero² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | ほたえられる | hotaerareru | |
| Causative | ほたえさせる ほたえさす |
hotaesaseru hotaesasu | |
| Potential | ほたえられる ほたえれる³ |
hotaerareru hotaereru³ | |
| Volitional | ほたえよう | hotaeyō | |
| Negative | ほたえない ほたえぬ ほたえん |
hotaenai hotaenu hotaen | |
| Negative continuative | ほたえず | hotaezu | |
| Formal | ほたえます | hotaemasu | |
| Perfective | ほたえた | hotaeta | |
| Conjunctive | ほたえて | hotaete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ほたえれば | hotaereba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential