Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ねむ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
睡る
See also 眠り
See also 眠らせる

Etymology edit

Older form is ねぶる, from the same root with Old Japanese (nu) (whence 寝る (neru, to sleep; to lie down)), in turn from Proto-Japonic *naynpuru. Cognate with Kunigami 眠ん (ninbin /⁠níɴbîɴ⁠/), Northern Amami-Oshima 眠るり (nïbururi), Okinawan 眠じゅん (ninjun /⁠níɴdʑùɴ⁠/), Oki-No-Erabu 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbújúɴ⁠/), Southern Amami-Oshima 眠っゆむっ (nïpyum /⁠nɨ́pjùm̩⁠/), 眠りゅむっ (nïpryum /⁠nɨ́pɾʲùm̩⁠/), Toku-No-Shima 眠びゅい (ninbyui /⁠nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́⁠/), Yoron 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbùjùɴ⁠/), Miyako 眠ゔっ (niv), Yaeyama 眠ん (ninbun /⁠níbùɴ⁠/), and Yonaguni 眠どぅん (nindun /⁠níɴdúɴ⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ne̞mɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "眠る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
眠る むる [nèmúrú]
Imperative (命令形) 眠れ むれ [nèmúré]
Key constructions
Passive 眠られる むられる [nèmúrárérú]
Causative 眠らせる むらせる [nèmúrásérú]
Potential 眠れる むれる [nèmúrérú]
Volitional 眠ろう むろ [nèmúróꜜò]
Negative 眠らない むらない [nèmúránáí]
Negative perfective 眠らなかった むらなかった [nèmúránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 眠ります むりま [nèmúrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 眠った むった [nèmúttá]
Conjunctive 眠って むって [nèmútté]
Hypothetical conditional 眠れば むれ [nèmúréꜜbà]

Verb edit

(ねむ) (nemuruintransitive godan (stem (ねむ) (nemuri), past (ねむ)った (nemutta))

  1. to sleep
  2. (figurative) to die; to be buried

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