担う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
にな
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
擔う (kyūjitai)
荷う

Etymology

From classical yodan verb (にな) (ninafu), compound of () (ni, load) + なふ (nafu, verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「担う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
担う
Imperative (命令形) 担え
Key constructions
Passive 担われる なわれ
Causative 担わせる なわせ
Potential 担える なえ
Volitional 担おう なお
Negative 担わない なわない
Negative perfective 担わなかった なわなかった
Formal 担います ないま
Perfective 担った った
Conjunctive 担って って
Hypothetical conditional 担えば えば

Verb

(にな) (ninauになふ (ninafu)?transitive godan (stem (にな) (ninai), past (にな)った (ninatta))

  1. carry on one's shoulder, bear

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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