縫う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縫
ぬ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

/nupu/ → /nuɸu/ → /nuː/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぬう [núꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nɯ̟ː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 縫う
Plain 縫う ぬう [núꜜù]
Conjunctive 縫って ぬって [núꜜttè]
Perfective 縫った ぬった [núꜜttà]
Negative 縫わない ぬわない [nùwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 縫わなかった ぬわなかった [nùwáꜜnàkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional 縫えば ぬえば [núꜜèbà]
Past conditional 縫ったら ぬったら [núꜜttàrà]
Imperative 縫え ぬえ [núꜜè]
Volitional 縫おう ぬおー [nùóꜜò]
Desiderative 縫いたい ぬいたい [nùítáꜜì]
Formal 縫います ぬいます [nùímáꜜsù]
Formal negative 縫いません ぬいません [nùímáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 縫いましょう ぬいましょー [nùímáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 縫いました ぬいました [nùímáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 縫い
縫いに 		ぬい
ぬいに 		[núꜜì]
[núꜜì nì]
Negative continuative 縫わず
縫わずに 		ぬわず
ぬわずに 		[nùwáꜜzù]
[nùwáꜜzù nì]
Passive 縫われる ぬわれる [nùwáréꜜrù]
Causative 縫わせる
縫わす 		ぬわせる
ぬわす 		[nùwáséꜜrù]
[nùwáꜜsù]
Potential 縫える ぬえる [nùéꜜrù]

Verb

縫(ぬ)う • (nuu) ←ぬふ (nufu)?transitive godan (stem 縫(ぬ)い (nui), past 縫(ぬ)った (nutta))

  1. to sew
  2. to create (a garment) by sewing, to sew together
    着(き)物(もの)を縫(ぬ)う
    kimono o nuu
    to sew a kimono together
  3. (surgery) to sew up, to suture (a wound)
    Synonym: 縫合する (hōgō suru)
  4. to weave one's way through (a crowd)
    人(ひと)混(な)みを縫(ぬ)う
    hitonami o nuu
    to weave one's way through a crowd
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Conjugation

Conjugation of "縫う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 縫わ ぬわ nuwa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 縫い ぬい nui
Shūshikei ("terminal") 縫う ぬう nuu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 縫う ぬう nuu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 縫え ぬえ nue
Meireikei ("imperative") 縫え ぬえ nue
Key constructions
Passive 縫われる ぬわれる nuwareru
Causative 縫わせる
縫わす 		ぬわせる
ぬわす 		nuwaseru
nuwasu
Potential 縫える ぬえる nueru
Volitional 縫おう ぬおう nuō
Negative 縫わない ぬわない nuwanai
Negative continuative 縫わず ぬわず nuwazu
Formal 縫います ぬいます nuimasu
Perfective 縫った ぬった nutta
Conjunctive 縫って ぬって nutte
Hypothetical conditional 縫えば ぬえば nueba
Classical conjugation of "縫ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 縫は ぬは nufa
Continuative (連用形) 縫ひ ぬひ nufi
Terminal (終止形) 縫ふ ぬふ nufu
Attributive (連体形) 縫ふ ぬふ nufu
Realis (已然形) 縫へ ぬへ nufe
Imperative (命令形) 縫へ ぬへ nufe
Key constructions
Negative 縫はず ぬはず nufazu
Contrasting conjunction 縫へど ぬへど nufedo
Causal conjunction 縫へば ぬへば nufeba
Conditional conjunction 縫はば ぬはば nufaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 縫ひき ぬひき nufiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 縫ひけり ぬひけり nufikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 縫ひつ ぬひつ nufitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 縫ひぬ ぬひぬ nufinu
Perfect-continuative tense 縫へり
縫ひたり		 ぬへり
ぬひたり		 nuferi
nufitari
Volitional 縫はむ ぬはむ nufamu

Derived terms

References

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