伝う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つた
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
傳う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) たう [tsùtáú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝta̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "伝う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
伝う たう [tsùtáú]
Imperative (命令形) 伝え たえ [tsùtáé]
Key constructions
Passive 伝われる たわれる [tsùtáwárérú]
Causative 伝わせる たわせる [tsùtáwásérú]
Potential 伝える たえる [tsùtáérú]
Volitional 伝おう たお [tsùtáóꜜò]
Negative 伝わない たわない [tsùtáwánáí]
Negative perfective 伝わなかった たわなかった [tsùtáwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 伝います たいま [tsùtáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 伝った たった [tsùtáttá]
Conjunctive 伝って たって [tsùtátté]
Hypothetical conditional 伝えば たえ [tsùtáéꜜbà]

Verb

(つた) • (tsutau) つたふ (tutafu)?godan (stem (つた) (tsutai), past (つた)った (tsutatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 伝える
mediopassive 伝う
  1. to walk or go along; to follow
    蜘蛛(くも)(いと)(つた)
    kumo ga ito o tsutau
    the spider walks along the thread
    (ほお)(つた)(なみだ)
    hō ni tsutau namida
    tears running down the cheek

Conjugation

References

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