なきつく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
泣き付く 泣きつく

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なきつく [nàkítsúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [na̠kʲit͡sɨkɯ̟]

Verb

なきつく • (nakitsuku) ^{←なきつく (nakituku)?}transitive godan (stem なきつき (nakitsuki), past なきついた (nakitsuita))

1. to cling to in tears
2. to beg desperately

Conjugation

Conjugation of "なきつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	なきつか	nakitsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	なきつき	nakitsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	なきつく	nakitsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	なきつく	nakitsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	なきつけ	nakitsuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	なきつけ	nakitsuke
Key constructions
Passive	なきつかれる	nakitsukareru
Causative	なきつかせる なきつかす	nakitsukaseru nakitsukasu
Potential	なきつける	nakitsukeru
Volitional	なきつこう	nakitsukō
Negative	なきつかない	nakitsukanai
Negative continuative	なきつかず	nakitsukazu
Formal	なきつきます	nakitsukimasu
Perfective	なきついた	nakitsuita
Conjunctive	なきついて	nakitsuite
Hypothetical conditional	なきつけば	nakitsukeba