鼾く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼾
いび
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Originally a compound of 息 (i, “breath, breathing”) +‎ 引く (hiku, “to pull, to draw”).[1][2] The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ibʲikɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

鼾(いび)く • (ibiku) intransitive godan (stem 鼾(いび)き (ibiki), past 鼾(いび)いた (ibiita))

  1. (probably obsolete) to snore

Usage notes

This is more commonly expressed using the verbal phrases 鼾を掻く (ibiki o kaku, literally “to make a snoring sound”) or 鼾を立てる (ibiki o tateru, literally “to raise a snore, to put up a snore”).

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References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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