紡ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つむ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [tsùmúꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨmɯ̟ɡɯ̟]

Verb

(つむ) • (tsumugutransitive godan (stem (つむ) (tsumugi), past (つむ)いだ (tsumuida))

  1. to spin, to make yarn
  2. (figuratively) to spin a yarn (tell a story)
    (うた)(つむ)
    uta o tsumugu
    spin a lay; deliver a lyric

Conjugation

Conjugation of "紡ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 紡が つむが tsumuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 紡ぎ つむぎ tsumugi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 紡ぐ つむぐ tsumugu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 紡ぐ つむぐ tsumugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 紡げ つむげ tsumuge
Meireikei ("imperative") 紡げ つむげ tsumuge
Key constructions
Passive 紡がれる つむがれる tsumugareru
Causative 紡がせる
紡がす
つむがせる
つむがす
tsumugaseru
tsumugasu
Potential 紡げる つむげる tsumugeru
Volitional 紡ごう つむごう tsumugō
Negative 紡がない つむがない tsumuganai
Negative continuative 紡がず つむがず tsumugazu
Formal 紡ぎます つむぎます tsumugimasu
Perfective 紡いだ つむいだ tsumuida
Conjunctive 紡いで つむいで tsumuide
Hypothetical conditional 紡げば つむげば tsumugeba

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