あまごい

Japanese
Alternative spellings
雨乞い
雨請い

Etymology

From 雨(あま) (ama) + 乞(こ)い (koi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (kō).”). The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あまごい [àmágóí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ɡo̞i]

Noun

あまごい • (amagoi) ←あまごひ (amagofi)?

  1. praying for rain

Verb

あまごいする • (amagoi suru) ←あまごひ (amagofi)?suru (stem あまごいし (amagoi suru shi), past あまごいした (amagoi suru shita))

  1. to pray for rain

Conjugation
Conjugation of "あまごいする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") あまごいし amagoi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") あまごいし amagoi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") あまごいする amagoi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") あまごいする amagoi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") あまごいすれ amagoi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") あまごいせよ¹
あまごいしろ²		 amagoi seyo¹
amagoi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive あまごいされる amagoi sareru
Causative あまごいさせる
あまごいさす		 amagoi saseru
amagoi sasu
Potential あまごいできる amagoi dekiru
Volitional あまごいしよう amagoi shiyō
Negative あまごいしない amagoi shinai
Negative continuative あまごいせず amagoi sezu
Formal あまごいします amagoi shimasu
Perfective あまごいした amagoi shita
Conjunctive あまごいして amagoi shite
Hypothetical conditional あまごいすれば amagoi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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