貢ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貢
みつ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

The spelling with 貢 derived from an association with the definition of 貢物.

Cognate with 見(み)継(つ)ぐ (mitsugu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みつ​ぐ [mìtsúꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) みつぐ [mìtsúgú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

貢(みつ)ぐ • (mitsugu) ^{←みつぐ (mitugu)?}intransitive godan (stem 貢(みつ)ぎ (mitsugi), past 貢(みつ)いだ (mitsuida))

1. to tribute, to give tribute (to present money or gifts to one's liege or lord)

   彼(かの)女(じょ)は借(しゃっ)金(きん)をしてまでそのホストに貢(みつ)いだ。

   Kanojo wa shakkin o shite made sono hosuto ni mitsuida.

   She gave the host money going so far as to go into debt.

2. to support financially; to finance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "貢ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	貢が	みつが	mitsuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	貢ぎ	みつぎ	mitsugi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	貢ぐ	みつぐ	mitsugu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	貢ぐ	みつぐ	mitsugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	貢げ	みつげ	mitsuge
Meireikei ("imperative")	貢げ	みつげ	mitsuge
Key constructions
Passive	貢がれる	みつがれる	mitsugareru
Causative	貢がせる 貢がす	みつがせる みつがす	mitsugaseru mitsugasu
Potential	貢げる	みつげる	mitsugeru
Volitional	貢ごう	みつごう	mitsugō
Negative	貢がない	みつがない	mitsuganai
Negative continuative	貢がず	みつがず	mitsugazu
Formal	貢ぎます	みつぎます	mitsugimasu
Perfective	貢いだ	みついだ	mitsuida
Conjunctive	貢いで	みついで	mitsuide
Hypothetical conditional	貢げば	みつげば	mitsugeba

Classical conjugation of "貢ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	貢が	みつが	mituga
Continuative (連用形)	貢ぎ	みつぎ	mitugi
Terminal (終止形)	貢ぐ	みつぐ	mitugu
Attributive (連体形)	貢ぐ	みつぐ	mitugu
Realis (已然形)	貢げ	みつげ	mituge
Imperative (命令形)	貢げ	みつげ	mituge
Key constructions
Negative	貢がず	みつがず	mitugazu
Contrasting conjunction	貢げど	みつげど	mitugedo
Causal conjunction	貢げば	みつげば	mitugeba
Conditional conjunction	貢がば	みつがば	mitugaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	貢ぎき	みつぎき	mitugiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	貢ぎけり	みつぎけり	mitugikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	貢ぎつ	みつぎつ	mitugitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	貢ぎぬ	みつぎぬ	mituginu
Perfect-continuative tense	貢げり 貢ぎたり	みつげり みつぎたり	mitugeri mitugitari
Volitional	貢がむ	みつがむ	mitugamu

Derived terms

• 貢(みつぎ)物(もの) (mitsugimono)