掻く
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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掻 |
か Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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搔く (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kaku (“to scratch”).
First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]
Cognate with 書く (kaku, “to write”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「掻く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
掻く | かく | [káꜜkù] |
Imperative (命令形) | 掻け | かけ | [káꜜkè] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 掻かれる | かかれる | [kàkáréꜜrù] |
Causative | 掻かせる | かかせる | [kàkáséꜜrù] |
Potential | 掻ける | かける | [kàkéꜜrù] |
Volitional | 掻こう | かこー | [kàkóꜜò] |
Negative | 掻かない | かかない | [kàkáꜜnàì] |
Negative perfective | 掻かなかった | かかなかった | [kàkáꜜnàkàttà] |
Formal | 掻きます | かきます | [kàkímáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 掻いた | かいた | [káꜜìtà] |
Conjunctive | 掻いて | かいて | [káꜜìtè] |
Hypothetical conditional | 掻けば | かけば | [káꜜkèbà] |
Verb
[edit]掻く • (kaku) transitive godan (stem 掻き (kaki), past 掻いた (kaita))
- to scratch (e.g one's head)
- 頭を掻く
- atama o kaku
- to scratch one's head
- 頭を掻く
- (non-productive) Dummy verb for various nouns, often with a meaning similar to "to present" or "to give the impression of".
Usage notes
[edit]- This term is often spelled in hiragana.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "掻く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 掻か | かか | kaka |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 掻き | かき | kaki |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 掻く | かく | kaku |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 掻く | かく | kaku |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 掻け | かけ | kake |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 掻け | かけ | kake |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 掻かれる | かかれる | kakareru |
Causative | 掻かせる 掻かす |
かかせる かかす |
kakaseru kakasu |
Potential | 掻ける | かける | kakeru |
Volitional | 掻こう | かこう | kakō |
Negative | 掻かない | かかない | kakanai |
Negative continuative | 掻かず | かかず | kakazu |
Formal | 掻きます | かきます | kakimasu |
Perfective | 掻いた | かいた | kaita |
Conjunctive | 掻いて | かいて | kaite |
Hypothetical conditional | 掻けば | かけば | kakeba |
References
[edit]- ^ “掻”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
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