どよめく

Japanese

Alternative spelling
響めく

Etymology

どよ (doyo, an onomatopoeia from which 響(どよ)む (doyomu, also pronounced とよむ (toyomu)) is also derived) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like”, a verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どよめく [dòyóméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [do̞jo̞me̞kɯ̟]

Verb

どよめく • (doyomeku) intransitive godan (stem どよめき (doyomeki), past どよめいた (doyomeita))

1. to resound

   空(そら)にどよめく歓声(かんせい)

   sora ni doyomeku kansei

   a cheer which resounded through the sky

2. (of a crowd) to make a stir

Conjugation

Conjugation of "どよめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	どよめか	doyomeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	どよめき	doyomeki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	どよめく	doyomeku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	どよめく	doyomeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	どよめけ	doyomeke
Meireikei ("imperative")	どよめけ	doyomeke
Key constructions
Passive	どよめかれる	doyomekareru
Causative	どよめかせる どよめかす	doyomekaseru doyomekasu
Potential	どよめける	doyomekeru
Volitional	どよめこう	doyomekō
Negative	どよめかない	doyomekanai
Negative continuative	どよめかず	doyomekazu
Formal	どよめきます	doyomekimasu
Perfective	どよめいた	doyomeita
Conjunctive	どよめいて	doyomeite
Hypothetical conditional	どよめけば	doyomekeba

Classical conjugation of "どよめく" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	どよめか		doyomeka
Continuative (連用形)	どよめき		doyomeki
Terminal (終止形)	どよめく		doyomeku
Attributive (連体形)	どよめく		doyomeku
Realis (已然形)	どよめけ		doyomeke
Imperative (命令形)	どよめけ		doyomeke
Key constructions
Negative	どよめかず		doyomekazu
Contrasting conjunction	どよめけど		doyomekedo
Causal conjunction	どよめけば		doyomekeba
Conditional conjunction	どよめかば		doyomekaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	どよめきき		doyomekiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	どよめきけり		doyomekikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	どよめきつ		doyomekitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	どよめきぬ		doyomekinu
Perfect-continuative tense	どよめけり どよめきたり		doyomekeri doyomekitari
Volitional	どよめかむ		doyomekamu