咥える

Japanese
Kanji in this term
咥
くわ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 銜える
  • 啣える

Etymology

From 食(く)う (kuu).

Verb

咥(くわ)える • (kuwaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 咥(くわ)え (kuwae), past 咥(くわ)えた (kuwaeta))

  1. hold between one's teeth
    犬(いぬ)が肉(にく)を咥(くわ)える
    inu ga niku o kuwaeru
    a dog holds meat in its mouth
    タバコを咥(くわ)える
    tabako o kuwaeru
    to hold a cigarette between one's teeth
  2. take along with

Conjugation
Conjugation of "咥える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 咥え くわえ kuwae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 咥え くわえ kuwae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 咥える くわえる kuwaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 咥える くわえる kuwaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 咥えれ くわえれ kuwaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 咥えよ¹
咥えろ²		 くわえよ¹
くわえろ²		 kuwaeyo¹
kuwaero²
Key constructions
Passive 咥えられる くわえられる kuwaerareru
Causative 咥えさせる
咥えさす		 くわえさせる
くわえさす		 kuwaesaseru
kuwaesasu
Potential 咥えられる
咥えれる³		 くわえられる
くわえれる³		 kuwaerareru
kuwaereru³
Volitional 咥えよう くわえよう kuwaeyō
Negative 咥えない
咥えぬ
咥えん		 くわえない
くわえぬ
くわえん		 kuwaenai
kuwaenu
kuwaen
Negative continuative 咥えず くわえず kuwaezu
Formal 咥えます くわえます kuwaemasu
Perfective 咥えた くわえた kuwaeta
Conjunctive 咥えて くわえて kuwaete
Hypothetical conditional 咥えれば くわえれば kuwaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
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