名付ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
つ > づ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
名づける
号ける (obsolete)

Etymology

From (na) +‎ 付ける (tsukeru). The tsukeru changes to zukeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "名付ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
名付ける づけ
Imperative (命令形) 名付けろ づけ
Key constructions
Passive 名付けられる づけられ
Causative 名付けさせる づけさせ
Potential 名付けられる づけられ
Volitional 名付けよう づけよ
Negative 名付けない づけない
Negative perfective 名付けなかった づけなかった
Formal 名付けます づけま
Perfective 名付けた けた
Conjunctive 名付けて けて
Hypothetical conditional 名付ければ づければ

Verb

()()ける (nazukerutransitive ichidan (stem ()() (nazuke), past ()()けた (nazuketa))

  1. name, give a name to

Conjugation

References

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