揺蕩い

/tajutapi/ → /tajutafi/ → /tajutai/

From Old Japanese 揺蕩ひ (tayutapi). Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.^[1][2]

Derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揺蕩(たゆた)う (tayutau, “to bob, to pause, to hesitate”).^[1][2][3][4]

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on the synonymous Middle Chinese-derived term 揺蕩 (yōtō).

• (Tokyo) たゆたい (Nakadaka – )^[2][4]
• (Tokyo) たゆたい (Heiban – )^[4]
• IPA^(key):

揺蕩(たゆた)い • (tayutai) ^{←たゆたひ (tayutafi)?}

1. bobbing, to moving about uncertainly as a floating item moves about on the surface of water or some other liquid

   Synonym: 漂い (tadayoi)

2. the state of being undecided or uncertain
3. a pause or hesitation due to indecision, dallying, dawdling

   Synonyms: 躊躇い (tamerai), 躊躇 (chūcho), (archaic) 猶予い (izayoi)

揺蕩(たゆた)い • (tayutai) ^{←たゆたひ (tayutafi)?}

1. the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揺蕩(たゆた)う (tayutau, “to bob, to move about uncertainly; to be undecided or uncertain; to pause or hesitate”).

The alternative 猶予い spelling is uncommon.

Derived from the tayutou shift from tayutau. Developed since 1603, when only the form tayutai is listed in the 1603 Nippo Jisho.^[5]

• IPA^(key):

揺蕩(たゆと)い • (tayutoi) 

1. the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揺蕩(たゆと)う (tayutou) (see tayutai above)