復つ

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Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
復
を
Grade: 5
irregular

Etymology

The root wot- refers to “youth, original state”,[1][2] with traces found in 男 (woto2ko1)[1][3][4] and 乙女 (woto2me1).[1][5][6]

Possibly also cognate with 遠 (woti, “distant time”).

Verb

復つ (wotu) (kana をつ)

  1. to return to an origin or original state, to become young again, to be rejuvenated, to be restored to a youthful state
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 847:
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      和我佐可理伊多久久多知奴久毛爾得夫久須利波武等母麻多遠知米也母
      waga sakari itaku kutatinu kumo ni to2bu kusuri pamu to2 mo mata wotime2 ya mo
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 1034:
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      從古人之言來流老人之變若云水曾名爾負瀧之瀨
      inisipe1 yu pi1to2 no2 ipi1ke1ru oipi1to2 no2 wotu to2 ipu mi1du so2 na ni opu taki1 no2 se
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to be reborn
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 650:
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      吾妹兒者常世國爾住家良思昔見從變若益爾家利
      wagi1moko1 pa to2ko2yo2 no2 kuni ni sumi1ke1rasi mukasi mi1si yo1ri wotimasinike1ri
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "復つ" (タ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 復ち をち woti
Continuative (連用形) 復ち をち woti
Terminal (終止形) 復つ をつ wotu
Attributive (連体形) 復つる をつる woturu
Realis (已然形) 復つれ をつれ woture
Imperative (命令形) 復ちよ をちよ wotiyo
Key constructions
Negative 復ちず をちず wotizu
Contrasting conjunction 復つれど をつれど woturedo
Causal conjunction 復つれば をつれば wotureba
Conditional conjunction 復ちば をちば wotiba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 復ちき をちき wotiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 復ちけり をちけり wotikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 復ちつ をちつ wotitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 復ちぬ をちぬ wotinu
Perfect-continuative tense 復ちたり をちたり wotitari
Volitional 復ちむ をちむ wotimu

Descendants

  • Japanese: 復つ (otsu)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “復・変若”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “復つ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ “男”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. ^ “男”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  5. ^ “少女”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  6. ^ “乙女”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
  8. ^ Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man’yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2000, →ISBN.
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