Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うな
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
呻る

Etymology edit

(u, an onomatopoeia[1][2][3]) +‎ 鳴る (naru, to sound[1][3])

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "うなる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
うなる [ùnáꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) うなれ [ùnáꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive うなられる なられ [ùnáráréꜜrù]
Causative うならせる ならせ [ùnáráséꜜrù]
Potential うなれる なれ [ùnáréꜜrù]
Volitional うなろう なろ [ùnáróꜜò]
Negative うならない ならない [ùnáráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective うならなかった ならなかった [ùnáráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal うなります なりま [ùnárímáꜜsù]
Perfective うなった った [ùnáꜜttà]
Conjunctive うなって って [ùnáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional うなれば れば [ùnáꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

(うな) (unaruintransitive godan (stem (うな) (unari), past (うな)った (unatta))

  1. to growl, to moan, to roar, to grunt, to howl, to groan

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN