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Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
びんた or ビンタ • (binta)
- (slang) a slap on the face
See also
Verb
びんたする or ビンタする • (binta suru) suru (stem びんたし (binta shi), past びんたした (binta shita))
- (slang) to slap someone on the face
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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びんたし
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binta shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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びんたし
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binta shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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びんたする
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binta suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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びんたする
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binta suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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びんたすれ
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binta sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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びんたせよ¹ びんたしろ²
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binta seyo¹ binta shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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びんたされる
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binta sareru
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Causative
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びんたさせる びんたさす
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binta saseru binta sasu
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Potential
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びんたできる
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binta dekiru
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Volitional
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びんたしよう
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binta shiyō
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Negative
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びんたしない
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binta shinai
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Negative continuative
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びんたせず
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binta sezu
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Formal
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びんたします
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binta shimasu
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Perfective
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びんたした
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binta shita
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Conjunctive
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びんたして
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binta shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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びんたすれば
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binta sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Etymology 2
Perhaps from 鬢 (bin, “hair on the temples”). The -ta suffix is unknown, but it could have been that same as the one in 新た (arata, “new”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
びんた • (binta)
- (dialectal, Kagoshima) head (body part); hair on the head
- Synonym: 頭
- びんたをある
- binta o aru
- I wash my hair.
- (dialectal, Kagoshima) headache
- びんたがいて
- binta ga ite
- My head hurts.
References
- Hirayama, Teruo (平山 照男), Ōshima Ichirō (大島 一郎), Ōno Masao (大野 眞男), Kuno Makoto (久野 眞), Kuno Mariko (久野 マリ子), Sugimura Takao (杉村 孝夫) (1992-1994) 現代日本語方言大辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Dialects], Tokyo: Meiji Shoin (明治書院), page 146
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