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蹲う

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Japanese

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
つくば
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
踞う

Said to have the meaning of 突く (tsuku, to poke; to prick) +‎ 這う (hau, to crawl),[1] but the usage of the (しゅう)()(けい) (shūshikei, terminal form) or (れん)(たい)(けい) (rentaikei, adnominal form) of the verb () (tsuku) instead of the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, conjunctive form) () (tsuki) makes this compound unusual.

Verb

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(つくば) (tsukubauつくばふ (tukubafu)?intransitive godan (stem (つくば) (tsukubai), past (つくば)った (tsukubatta))

  1. to be on all fours, prostrate

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ 蹲う”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006