つきゆび

Japanese

Alternative spellings
突き指 突指 (dated)

Etymology

From 突(つ)き (tsuki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 突(つ)く (tsuku).”) + 指(ゆび) (yubi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つきゆび [tsùkíyúbí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨkʲijɯ̟bʲi]

Noun

つきゆび • (tsukiyubi) ^{←つきゆび (tukyubi)?}

1. jammed finger (finger injury from direct force to the tip)

Verb

つきゆびする • (tsukiyubi suru) ^{←つきゆび (tukyubi)?}suru (stem つきゆびし (tsukiyubi shi), past つきゆびした (tsukiyubi shita))

1. to suffer a jammed finger

   キャッチボールで突(つ)き指(ゆび)する

   kyatchibōru de tsukiyubi suru

   to injure one's finger during a game of catch

Conjugation

Conjugation of "つきゆびする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	つきゆびし	tsukiyubi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	つきゆびし	tsukiyubi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	つきゆびする	tsukiyubi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	つきゆびする	tsukiyubi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	つきゆびすれ	tsukiyubi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	つきゆびせよ¹ つきゆびしろ²	tsukiyubi seyo¹ tsukiyubi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	つきゆびされる	tsukiyubi sareru
Causative	つきゆびさせる つきゆびさす	tsukiyubi saseru tsukiyubi sasu
Potential	つきゆびできる	tsukiyubi dekiru
Volitional	つきゆびしよう	tsukiyubi shiyō
Negative	つきゆびしない	tsukiyubi shinai
Negative continuative	つきゆびせず	tsukiyubi sezu
Formal	つきゆびします	tsukiyubi shimasu
Perfective	つきゆびした	tsukiyubi shita
Conjunctive	つきゆびして	tsukiyubi shite
Hypothetical conditional	つきゆびすれば	tsukiyubi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative