すまう

Japanese
Alternative spelling
住まう

Etymology

From the 未然形 (mizenkei, “imperfective stem”) of the verb 住む (sumu, “to live in, to dwell”) and the Old Japanese ふ (auxiliary verb for repetition or succession).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) すま​う [sùmáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝma̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

すまう • (sumau) ←すまふ (sumafu)?godan (stem すまい (sumai), past すまった (sumatta))

  1. to live at; to dwell; to reside

Conjugation
Conjugation of "すまう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") すまわ sumawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") すまい sumai
Shūshikei ("terminal") すまう sumau
Rentaikei ("attributive") すまう sumau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") すまえ sumae
Meireikei ("imperative") すまえ sumae
Key constructions
Passive すまわれる sumawareru
Causative すまわせる
すまわす		 sumawaseru
sumawasu
Potential すまえる sumaeru
Volitional すまおう sumaō
Negative すまわない sumawanai
Negative continuative すまわず sumawazu
Formal すまいます sumaimasu
Perfective すまった sumatta
Conjunctive すまって sumatte
Hypothetical conditional すまえば sumaeba

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