もつれあう

Japanese

Alternative spellings
縺れ合う もつれ合う

Etymology

From 縺(もつ)れ (motsure, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 縺(もつ)れる (motsureru)) + 合(あ)う (-au, “together”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もつれあう [mòtsúréáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• 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