あったかい
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Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 暖かい 温かい |
Etymology
Abbreviation of あたたかい (atatakai).[1][2] First cited in 1809.[1]
/atatakai/ → /attakai/
Pronunciation
Adjective
あったかい • (attakai) -i (adverbial あったかく (attakaku))
- physically warm
- financially well off, rich
- thoughtful, understanding, emotionally warm
- (dated) romantically warm
- dim, dumb, foolish (from the sense of "not hot"; compare English dim as opposed to bright)
Usage notes
As an abbreviation, this might be considered as less formal than the full term あたたかい (atatakai).
Inflection
Inflection of あったかい
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | あったかかろ | attakakaro | |
| Continuative (連用形) | あったかく | attakaku | |
| Terminal (終止形) | あったかい | attakai | |
| Attributive (連体形) | あったかい | attakai | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | あったかけれ | attakakere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | あったかかれ | attakakare | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | あったかくない | attakaku nai | |
| Informal past | あったかかった | attakakatta | |
| Informal negative past | あったかくなかった | attakaku nakatta | |
| Formal | あったかいです | attakai desu | |
| Formal negative | あったかくないです | attakaku nai desu | |
| Formal past | あったかかったです | attakakatta desu | |
| Formal negative past | あったかくなかったです | attakaku nakatta desu | |
| Conjunctive | あったかくて | attakakute | |
| Conditional | あったかければ | attakakereba | |
| Provisional | あったかかったら | attakakattara | |
| Volitional | あったかかろう | attakakarō | |
| Adverbial | あったかく | attakaku | |
| Degree | あったかさ | attakasa | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “あったか・い 【暖・温】
”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ^ Nakai, Yukihiko, editor (2002), 京阪系アクセント辞典 [A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN
