もつれあう

Japanese

Alternative spellings
縺れ合う
もつれ合う

Etymology

From (もつ) (motsure, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (もつ)れる (motsureru)) + () (-au, together).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つれあ [mòtsúréáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡sɨɾe̞a̠ɯ̟]

Verb

もつれあう • (motsureauもつれあふ (motureafu)?godan (stem もつれあい (motsureai), past もつれあった (motsureatta))

  1. to become tangled together

Conjugation

Conjugation of "もつれあう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もつれあわ motsureawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もつれあい motsureai
Shūshikei ("terminal") もつれあう motsureau
Rentaikei ("attributive") もつれあう motsureau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もつれあえ motsureae
Meireikei ("imperative") もつれあえ motsureae
Key constructions
Passive もつれあわれる motsureawareru
Causative もつれあわせる
もつれあわす
motsureawaseru
motsureawasu
Potential もつれあえる motsureaeru
Volitional もつれあおう motsureaō
Negative もつれあわない motsureawanai
Negative continuative もつれあわず motsureawazu
Formal もつれあいます motsureaimasu
Perfective もつれあった motsureatta
Conjunctive もつれあって motsureatte
Hypothetical conditional もつれあえば motsureaeba

References

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