さかまく

Japanese

Alternative spelling
逆巻く

Etymology

From 逆(さか) (saka-, “reverse”) + 巻(ま)く (maku, “to curl”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さかまく [sàkámáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ka̠ma̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

さかまく • (sakamaku) godan (stem さかまき (sakamaki), past さかまいた (sakamaita))

1. (of a wave) to rise in the opposite direction of the water
   • 1965, “函(はこ)館(だて)の女(おんな) (Hakodate no onna)”, 星(ほし)野(の)哲(てつ)郎(ろう) (Hoshino Tetsurō) (lyrics), performed by 北(きた)島(じま)三(さぶ)郎(ろう) (Kitajima Saburō):

     さかまく波(なみ)を　のりこえて

     sakamaku nami o norikoete

     overcoming the raging waves

Conjugation

Conjugation of "さかまく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	さかまか	sakamaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	さかまき	sakamaki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	さかまく	sakamaku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	さかまく	sakamaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	さかまけ	sakamake
Meireikei ("imperative")	さかまけ	sakamake
Key constructions
Passive	さかまかれる	sakamakareru
Causative	さかまかせる さかまかす	sakamakaseru sakamakasu
Potential	さかまける	sakamakeru
Volitional	さかまこう	sakamakō
Negative	さかまかない	sakamakanai
Negative continuative	さかまかず	sakamakazu
Formal	さかまきます	sakamakimasu
Perfective	さかまいた	sakamaita
Conjunctive	さかまいて	sakamaite
Hypothetical conditional	さかまけば	sakamakeba