こづく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
小突く 小衝く

Etymology

From 小(こ) (ko) + 突(つ)く (tsuku). The tsuku changes to zuku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こづく [kòzúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞zɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

こづく • (kozuku) ^{←こづく (koduku)?}godan (stem こづき (kozuki), past こづいた (kozuita))

1. to poke someone with the finger
2. to bully; to punish

Conjugation

Conjugation of "こづく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	こづか	kozuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	こづき	kozuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	こづく	kozuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	こづく	kozuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	こづけ	kozuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	こづけ	kozuke
Key constructions
Passive	こづかれる	kozukareru
Causative	こづかせる こづかす	kozukaseru kozukasu
Potential	こづける	kozukeru
Volitional	こづこう	kozukō
Negative	こづかない	kozukanai
Negative continuative	こづかず	kozukazu
Formal	こづきます	kozukimasu
Perfective	こづいた	kozuita
Conjunctive	こづいて	kozuite
Hypothetical conditional	こづけば	kozukeba

Derived terms

• こづきまわす (kozukimawasu)