喘ぐ

See also: 喘く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喘
あえ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨ape2ku⟩ → /apəɨku/ → */afeku/ → /afeɡu/ → /aweɡu/ → /aeɡu/

Shift from Old Japanese 喘く (⟨ape2ku⟩ → aeku), voicing apparent possibly in Early Middle Japanese or sometime after the Heian period.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あえ​ぐ [àéꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠e̞ɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

喘(あえ)ぐ • (aegu) ←あへぐ (afegu)?intransitive godan (stem 喘(あえ)ぎ (aegi), past 喘(あえ)いだ (aeida))

  1. to gasp, pant
    喘(あえ)ぎ声(ごえ)
    aegigoe
    gasping vocalizations (especially those made during lovemaking)
  2. to suffer

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 喘(あえ)ぎ (aegi)
  • 喘(あえ)ぎ喘(あえ)ぎ (aegiaegi)

Proverbs

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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