喘ぐ

See also: 喘く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あえ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨ape2ku⟩/apəɨku/ → */afeku//afeɡu//aweɡu//aeɡu/

Shift from Old Japanese 喘く (⟨ape2ku⟩ → aeku), voicing apparent possibly in Early Middle Japanese or sometime after the Heian period.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

(あえ) • (aeguあへぐ (afegu)?intransitive godan (stem (あえ) (aegi), past (あえ)いだ (aeida))

  1. to gasp; to pant
    (あえ)(ごえ)
    aegigoe
    gasping vocalizations (especially those made during lovemaking)
  2. to suffer

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • (あえ) (aegi)
  • (あえ)(あえ) (aegiaegi)
  • あえぎごえ (aegigoe)

Proverbs

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN