Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
あが
Hyōgaiji

agap-u → agaɸ-u → *agaw-u → aga-u.

Verb edit

(あが) (agauあがふ (agafu)?godan (stem (あが) (agai), past (あが)った (agatta))

  1. to atone for one's sins
  2. to obtain something with compensation; to purchase
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
あがな
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

aganap-u → aganaɸ-u → *aganaw-u → agana-u. From earlier verb 贖う (agau, atone), suffixed with the stem なう (nau).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(あがな) (aganauあがなふ (aganafu)?godan (stem (あがな) (aganai), past (あがな)った (aganatta))

  1. to atone for one's sins
Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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