侍う

/samorapu/ → /samorafu/ → */samorawu/ → /samorau/

Compound of a prefix sa- (possibly the same sa meaning "really, truly", as mentioned in some derivations of 紫陽花 (ajisai, “hydrangea”)) and the verb 守らう (morau), the iterative or repetitive conjugation of 守る (moru, “to protect”).

侍(さもら)う • (samorau) ^{←さもらふ (samorafu)?}godan (stem 侍(さもら)い (samorai), past 侍(さもら)った (samoratta))

1. to wait for a chance
2. to serve by one's side

/samorapu/ → /samorafu/ → /saburafu/ → */saburawu/ → /saburau/

Sound shift from earlier 侍う (samorau).

侍(さぶら)う • (saburau) ^{←さぶらふ (saburafu)?}godan (stem 侍(さぶら)い (saburai), past 侍(さぶら)った (saburatta))

1. to serve by one's side
2. (copula) to be
   • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 545:

     Saburai, ǒ, ǒta. サブライ, ゥ, ゥタ (候ひ、ふ、うた)...である, ...がある,などの意. 文書語.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 侍(さぶらい) (saburai)
• 侍(さむらい) (samurai)

/samorapu/ → /samorafu/ → /saburafu/ → /samurafu/ → */samurawu/ → /samurau/

Sound shift from earlier 侍う (saburau).

侍(さむら)う • (samurau) ^{←さむらふ (samurafu)?}godan (stem 侍(さむら)い (samurai), past 侍(さむら)った (samuratta))

1. (copula) to be
2. verbal suffix

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.