U+3086, ゆ
HIRAGANA LETTER YU

[U+3085]
Hiragana
[U+3087]

Japanese

hentaigana form (obsolete variant hiragana form (𛃥). Another form of cursive )
Stroke order
2 strokes

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

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  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
See also

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 3

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 4

From Old Japanese.

Suffix

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (Classical Japanese) attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, irrealis form) of verbs
    1. expresses passiveness
    2. expresses possibility
    3. expresses natural, spontaneous occurrence
Conjugation
Derived terms

Okinawan

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *wo, from Proto-Japonic *wo.

Cognate with standard Japanese (wo).

Pronunciation

Particle

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (archaic, literary, with transitive verb) accusative case particle
    (たる)(うら)みとぅてぃ()ちゅが(はま)()(どぅり)
    Taru-yu uramituti nachuga hamachiduri.
    Who do you hate when you sing, the plover on the beach?
  2. (archaic, literary, with intransitive verb) away from, off
  3. (archaic, literary, with intransitive verb) along, following a specified route, track, orbit, etc.

Usage notes

In modern Okinawan parlance this accusative particle is simply omitted from direct objects and the like, turning the language into a marked nominative language.

References

  • ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
  • ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, irrealis form) of verbs
    1. expresses passiveness
    2. expresses possibility
    3. expresses natural, spontaneous occurrence
Usage notes
  • The alternative kanji spelling of this verb suffix derives from Middle Chinese (ʃɨʌX), a prefix attached to verbs to form noun phrases, indicating the patient of the verb, similar to a passive participle. In writing, this is used prefixally as in Chinese, by adding it before the kanji of the verb. The resulting compound is read as the irrealis stem of the verb plus the terminal Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) or attributive ゆる (yuru), depending on the grammar required by the syntax. Examples are 所謂 (ipayuru), 所念 (omopoyu), 所見 (mi1yu), 所聞 (ki1ko2yu), 所知 (sirayu).
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)える (-eru)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. since
  2. through
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū, (book 3, poem 318):
      , text here
      田兒之浦打出眞白不盡高嶺爾雪波零家留
      Tago1-no2-ura yu utiidete mi1reba ma-siro1 ni so2 Puzi no2 takane ni yuki1 pa purike1ru
      We passed through Tago Bay while looking at the truly-white peak of Fuji from the falling snow.
  3. by (means of)
  4. from
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Japanese: より (yori)

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. : hot water, hot spring
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