わめく

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
喚く

Etymology

(wa, onomatopoeia[1][2]) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix[2][3])

Pronunciation

Verb

わめく (wamekuintransitive godan (stem わめき (wameki), past わめいた (wameita))

  1. to scream (to make the sound of a scream)

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ わめく”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. ^ 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