びんた

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲĩnta̠]

Noun

びんた or ビンタ • (binta) 

1. (slang) a slap on the face

See also

• 平手打(ひらてう)ち (hirate-uchi)

Verb

びんたする or ビンタする • (binta suru) suru (stem びんたし (bintasuru shi), past びんたした (bintasuru shita))

1. (slang) to slap someone on the face

Conjugation

Conjugation of "びんたする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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

Etymology 2

Perhaps from 鬢 (bin, “hair on the temples”). The -ta suffix is unknown, but it could have been that same as the one in 新た (arata, “new”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Kagoshima) IPA^(key): /bìⁿtáꜜ/ (tone class B)

Noun

びんた • (binta) 

1. (dialectal, Kagoshima) head (body part); hair on the head

   Synonym: 頭

   びんたをある

   binta o aru

   I wash my hair.

2. (dialectal, Kagoshima) headache

   びんたがいて

   binta ga ite

   My head hurts.

References

• Hirayama, Teruo (平山 照男), Ōshima Ichirō (大島 一郎), Ōno Masao (大野 眞男), Kuno Makoto (久野 眞), Kuno Mariko (久野 マリ子), Sugimura Takao (杉村 孝夫) (1992-1994) 現代日本語方言大辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Dialects], Tokyo: Meiji Shoin (明治書院), page 146

Further reading

• Entry at 鹿児島弁ネット辞典 (Kagoshima Dialect Net Dictionary)
• Entry at JLect