ほねばる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
骨張る骨ばる

Etymology

From 骨(ほね) (hone) + 張(は)る (haru). The haru changes to baru as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほねばる [hònébáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ne̞ba̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

ほねばる • (honebaru) godan (stem ほねばり (honebari), past ほねばった (honebatta))

to be bony

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ほねばる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ほねばら	honebara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ほねばり	honebari
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ほねばる	honebaru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ほねばる	honebaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ほねばれ	honebare
Meireikei ("imperative")	ほねばれ	honebare
Key constructions
Passive	ほねばられる	honebarareru
Causative	ほねばらせるほねばらす	honebaraseru honebarasu
Potential	ほねばれる	honebareru
Volitional	ほねばろう	honebarō
Negative	ほねばらない	honebaranai
Negative continuative	ほねばらず	honebarazu
Formal	ほねばります	honebarimasu
Perfective	ほねばった	honebatta
Conjunctive	ほねばって	honebatte
Hypothetical conditional	ほねばれば	honebareba

References

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