漂う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漂
ただよ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
漾う (obsolete)

Etymology

/tadajopu/ → /tadajoɸu/ → /tadajou/

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ただよ​う [tàdáyóꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠da̠jo̞ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "漂う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
漂う ただよ​う [tàdáyóꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 漂え ただよ​え [tàdáyóꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 漂われる ただよわれ​る [tàdáyówáréꜜrù]
Causative 漂わせる ただよわせ​る [tàdáyówáséꜜrù]
Potential 漂える ただよえ​る [tàdáyóéꜜrù]
Volitional 漂おう ただよお​ー [tàdáyóóꜜò]
Negative 漂わない ただよわ​ない [tàdáyówáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 漂わなかった ただよわ​なかった [tàdáyówáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 漂います ただよいま​す [tàdáyóímáꜜsù]
Perfective 漂った ただよ​った [tàdáyóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 漂って ただよ​って [tàdáyóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 漂えば ただよ​えば [tàdáyóꜜèbà]

Verb

漂(ただよ)う • (tadayou) ←ただよふ (tadayofu)?intransitive godan (stem 漂(ただよ)い (tadayoi), past 漂(ただよ)った (tadayotta))

  1. [from 712] to float
    青空(あおぞら)に雲(くも)が漂(ただよ)う。
    Aozora ni kumo ga tadayou.
    The clouds are floating in the blue sky.

Conjugation

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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