統べる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
総べる

From classical verb 統ぶ (subu).

Development

Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Compare 統ばる (subaru, “to bunch together, unite”, intransitive).

統(す)べる • (suberu) transitive ichidan (stem 統(す)べ (sube), past 統(す)べた (subeta))

Japanese verb pair
active	統(す)べる
mediopassive	統(す)ばる

to dominate, control, rule, govern, supervise
Synonyms: 治める (osameru), 統轄する (tōkatsu suru), 統率する (tōsotsu suru)

Antonym: 従う (shitagau)
to unify, combine
Synonyms: 束ねる (tabaneru), 纏める (matomeru)

Antonym: 割る (waru)

Conjugation of "統べる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	統べ	すべ	sube
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	統べ	すべ	sube
Shūshikei ("terminal")	統べる	すべる	suberu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	統べる	すべる	suberu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	統べれ	すべれ	subere
Meireikei ("imperative")	統べよ¹ 統べろ²	すべよ¹ すべろ²	subeyo¹ subero²
Key constructions
Passive	統べられる	すべられる	suberareru
Causative	統べさせる統べさす	すべさせるすべさす	subesaseru subesasu
Potential	統べられる統べれる³	すべられるすべれる³	suberareru subereru³
Volitional	統べよう	すべよう	subeyō
Negative	統べない統べぬ統べん	すべないすべぬすべん	subenai subenu suben
Negative continuative	統べず	すべず	subezu
Formal	統べます	すべます	subemasu
Perfective	統べた	すべた	subeta
Conjunctive	統べて	すべて	subete
Hypothetical conditional	統べれば	すべれば	subereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

^ 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 (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN