うろつく

Japanese
Alternative spelling
彷徨く

Etymology

From うろ (uro, a 擬態語 (gitaigo, “ideophone”) also reduplicated to form the adverb うろうろ (urouro)) + つく (-tsuku).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うろつく [ùrótsúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

うろつく • (urotsuku) intransitive godan (stem うろつき (urotsuki), past うろついた (urotsuita))

  1. to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander aimlessly; to knock around; to hang around​
    Synonyms: 彷徨う (samayou), 彷徨する (hōkō suru), うろうろする (urouro suru), ちょろちょろする (chorochoro suru)
  2. to be at a loss, to be confused from not knowing what to do

Conjugation
Conjugation of "うろつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") うろつか urotsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") うろつき urotsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") うろつく urotsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") うろつく urotsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") うろつけ urotsuke
Meireikei ("imperative") うろつけ urotsuke
Key constructions
Passive うろつかれる urotsukareru
Causative うろつかせる
うろつかす		 urotsukaseru
urotsukasu
Potential うろつける urotsukeru
Volitional うろつこう urotsukō
Negative うろつかない urotsukanai
Negative continuative うろつかず urotsukazu
Formal うろつきます urotsukimasu
Perfective うろついた urotsuita
Conjunctive うろついて urotsuite
Hypothetical conditional うろつけば urotsukeba

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.