跪く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひざまず
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “膝 + ま?? + 付く”) Derived from (hiza, knee). Cognate with Sawada Miyako 膝じぃー (psamazïï, kneeling).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ざまず [hìzámázúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çiza̠ma̠zɨkɯ̟]

Verb

(ひざまず) • (hizamazukuひざまづく (fizamaduku)?intransitive godan (stem (ひざまず) (hizamazuki), past (ひざまず)いた (hizamazuita))

  1. to kneel

Conjugation

References

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