誥ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たけ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
建ぶ
猛ぶ

Etymology

From たけ (take, root of classical ku-adjective(ク活用 (ku katsuyō)) 猛し (takeshi, bold, courageous; violent, vigorous)) + (-bu, to act (in a certain manner), verbal suffix with upper bigrade conjugation).[1] Cognate with (taka, tall, high) and 猛る (takeru).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta̠ke̞bɯ̟]

Verb

(たけ) • (takebuintransitive nidan

  1. to act ferociously or manly

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN