蠢く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蠢
うごめ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

うご (ugo, an ideophone also found in the verb 動(うご)く (ugoku) and the adverb うごうご (ugougo)) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like”, a verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うごめく [ùgóméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɡo̞me̞kɯ̟]

Verb

蠢(うごめ)く • (ugomeku) intransitive godan (stem 蠢(うごめ)き (ugomeki), past 蠢(うごめ)いた (ugomeita))

1. squirm

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	蠢か	うごめか	ugomeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	蠢き	うごめき	ugomeki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	蠢く	うごめく	ugomeku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	蠢く	うごめく	ugomeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	蠢け	うごめけ	ugomeke
Meireikei ("imperative")	蠢け	うごめけ	ugomeke
Key constructions
Passive	蠢かれる	うごめかれる	ugomekareru
Causative	蠢かせる 蠢かす	うごめかせる うごめかす	ugomekaseru ugomekasu
Potential	蠢ける	うごめける	ugomekeru
Volitional	蠢こう	うごめこう	ugomekō
Negative	蠢かない	うごめかない	ugomekanai
Negative continuative	蠢かず	うごめかず	ugomekazu
Formal	蠢きます	うごめきます	ugomekimasu
Perfective	蠢いた	うごめいた	ugomeita
Conjunctive	蠢いて	うごめいて	ugomeite
Hypothetical conditional	蠢けば	うごめけば	ugomekeba