揺蕩い

Japanese

Alternative spellings
搖蕩い (kyūjitai) 猶予い

/tajutapi/ → /tajutafi/ → /tajutai/

From Old Japanese 揺蕩ひ (tayutapi). Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.^[1]^[2]

Derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揺蕩(たゆた)う (tayutau, “to bob, to pause, to hesitate”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on the synonymous Middle Chinese-derived term 揺蕩 (yōtō).

揺蕩(たゆた)い • (tayutai) ^{←たゆたひ (tayutafi)^?}

bobbing, to moving about uncertainly as a floating item moves about on the surface of water or some other liquid
Synonym: 漂い (tadayoi)
the state of being undecided or uncertain
a pause or hesitation due to indecision, dallying, dawdling
Synonyms: 躊躇い (tamerai), 躊躇 (chūcho), (archaic) 猶予い (izayoi)

揺蕩(たゆた)い • (tayutai) ^{←たゆたひ (tayutafi)^?}

the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揺蕩(たゆた)う (tayutau, “to bob, to move about uncertainly; to be undecided or uncertain; to pause or hesitate”).

The alternative 猶予い spelling is uncommon.

Alternative spelling
搖蕩い (kyūjitai)

Derived from the tayutou shift from tayutau. Developed since 1603, when only the form tayutai is listed in the 1603 Nippo Jisho.^[5]

揺蕩(たゆと)い • (tayutoi)

the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揺蕩(たゆと)う (tayutou) (see tayutai above)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎^[1] (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here just under the highlighted term tayumu