みごもる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
身籠もる身ごもる身籠る (dated) 妊る孕る妊娠る

Etymology

From 身(み) (mi, “body”) + 籠(こ)もる (komoru, “to seclude oneself”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みごもる [mìgómóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲiɡo̞mo̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

みごもる • (migomoru) ^{←みごもる (migomoru)^?}godan (stem みごもり (migomori), past みごもった (migomotta))

to be pregnant

Conjugation

Conjugation of "みごもる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	みごもら	migomora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	みごもり	migomori
Shūshikei ("terminal")	みごもる	migomoru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	みごもる	migomoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	みごもれ	migomore
Meireikei ("imperative")	みごもれ	migomore
Key constructions
Passive	みごもられる	migomorareru
Causative	みごもらせるみごもらす	migomoraseru migomorasu
Potential	みごもれる	migomoreru
Volitional	みごもろう	migomorō
Negative	みごもらない	migomoranai
Negative continuative	みごもらず	migomorazu
Formal	みごもります	migomorimasu
Perfective	みごもった	migomotta
Conjunctive	みごもって	migomotte
Hypothetical conditional	みごもれば	migomoreba

Synonyms

妊娠(にんしん)する (ninshin suru)
孕(はら)む (haramu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN