かみつく

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
噛み付く
噛みつく

Etymology

From 噛(か)み (kami, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 噛(か)む (kamu).”) + 付(つ)く (tsuku).

Pronunciation

Verb

かみつく • (kamitsuku) ←かみつく (kamituku)?godan (stem かみつき (kamitsuki), past かみついた (kamitsuita))

  1. to bite into

Conjugation

Conjugation of "かみつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") かみつか kamitsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") かみつき kamitsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") かみつく kamitsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") かみつく kamitsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") かみつけ kamitsuke
Meireikei ("imperative") かみつけ kamitsuke
Key constructions
Passive かみつかれる kamitsukareru
Causative かみつかせる
かみつかす 		kamitsukaseru
kamitsukasu
Potential かみつける kamitsukeru
Volitional かみつこう kamitsukō
Negative かみつかない kamitsukanai
Negative continuative かみつかず kamitsukazu
Formal かみつきます kamitsukimasu
Perfective かみついた kamitsuita
Conjunctive かみついて kamitsuite
Hypothetical conditional かみつけば kamitsukeba

References

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