掬う

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
すく
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Cognate with Japanese 救う.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「掬う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
掬う くう
Imperative (命令形) 掬え くえ
Key constructions
Passive 掬われる くわれる
Causative 掬わせる くわせる
Potential 掬える くえる
Volitional 掬おう くお
Negative 掬わない くわない
Negative perfective 掬わなかった くわなかった
Formal 掬います くいま
Perfective 掬った くった
Conjunctive 掬って くって
Hypothetical conditional 掬えば くえ

Verb

(すく) (sukuuすくふ (sukufu)?transitive godan (stem (すく) (sukui), past (すく)った (sukutta))

  1. scoop, shovel

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ 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