葺く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葺
ふ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふく [fùkú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ふく [fúꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ふく [fùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2]) non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

Verb

葺(ふ)く • (fuku) transitive godan (stem 葺(ふ)き (fuki), past 葺(ふ)いた (fuita))

1. to make (a roof); to thatch, to tile, to shingle, to slate, etc.

   屋根(やね)を葺(ふ)く

   yane o fuku

   to make a roof

Conjugation

Conjugation of "葺く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	葺か	ふか	fuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	葺き	ふき	fuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	葺く	ふく	fuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	葺く	ふく	fuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	葺け	ふけ	fuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	葺け	ふけ	fuke
Key constructions
Passive	葺かれる	ふかれる	fukareru
Causative	葺かせる 葺かす	ふかせる ふかす	fukaseru fukasu
Potential	葺ける	ふける	fukeru
Volitional	葺こう	ふこう	fukō
Negative	葺かない	ふかない	fukanai
Negative continuative	葺かず	ふかず	fukazu
Formal	葺きます	ふきます	fukimasu
Perfective	葺いた	ふいた	fuita
Conjunctive	葺いて	ふいて	fuite
Hypothetical conditional	葺けば	ふけば	fukeba

Derived terms

• 葺(ぶき) (-buki)