わわる
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 騒る (archaic, rare) 叫る (archaic, rare) |
Etymology
Verb derived from imitative onomatopoeia わわ (wawa, “in the manner of many people talking noisily”, adverb).[1]
First cited to the Nippo Jisho, circa 1603-1604.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [β̞a̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]
Verb
わわる • (wawaru) intransitive †yodan
- [from 1603] (archaic, possibly obsolete) to raise one's voice, to speak noisily, to yell, to shout
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "わわる" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | わわら | wawara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | わわり | wawari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | わわる | wawaru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | わわる | wawaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | わわれ | waware | |
| Imperative (命令形) | わわれ | waware | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | わわらず | wawarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | わわれど | wawaredo | |
| Causal conjunction | わわれば | wawareba | |
| Conditional conjunction | わわらば | wawaraba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | わわりき | wawariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | わわりけり | wawarikeri | |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | わわりつ | wawaritu | |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | わわりぬ | wawarinu | |
| Perfect-continuative tense | わわれり わわりたり |
wawareri wawaritari | |
| Volitional | わわらむ | wawaramu | |
Antonyms
- 囁く (sasayaku): to whisper
- ささめく (sasameku): to whisper
- 穏やかに話す (odayaka ni hanasu): to speak quietly
- ほそぼそ話す (hosoboso hanasu): to speak slowly and quietly
See also
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “わわる”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006, entry available via Google Books here