うとい

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
疎い

Etymology

From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 疎し (utoshi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.

Pronunciation

Adjective

うとい • (utoi) -i (adverbial うとく (utoku))

  1. not having close relations with one; estranged
  2. not familiar of something; ignorant

Inflection

Inflection of うとい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) うとかろ utokaro
Continuative (連用形) うとく utoku
Terminal (終止形) うとい utoi
Attributive (連体形) うとい utoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) うとけれ utokere
Imperative (命令形) うとかれ utokare
Key constructions
Informal negative うとくない utoku nai
Informal past うとかった utokatta
Informal negative past うとくなかった utoku nakatta
Formal うといです utoi desu
Formal negative うとくないです utoku nai desu
Formal past うとかったです utokatta desu
Formal negative past うとくなかったです utoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive うとくて utokute
Conditional うとければ utokereba
Provisional うとかったら utokattara
Volitional うとかろう utokarō
Adverbial うとく utoku
Degree うとさ utosa

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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