尊い

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
とうと
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
貴い

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "尊い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 尊く ーと [tòótóꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 尊い ーと [tòótóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 尊い ーと [tòótóꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 尊くない ーとくない [tòótóꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 尊かった ーとかった [tòótóꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 尊かった ーとかった [tòótóꜜkàttà]
Formal 尊いです ーといです [tòótóꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 尊くて ーとくて [tòótóꜜkùtè]
Conditional 尊ければ ーとければ [tòótóꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(とうと) (tōtoi) たふとい (tafutoi)? -i (adverbial (とうと) (tōtoku))

  1. noble; exalted; sacred
  2. precious; valuable
  3. (Internet slang) glorious; marvelous; wonderful (ascending 萌え (moe))
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たっと
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
貴い

Shift from the classical form of (とうと) (tōtoi) above: たふとし /tafutosi/たつとし /taQtosi/.

Pronunciation

Adjective

(たっと) (tattoi) たつとい (tatutoi)? -i (adverbial (たっと) (tattoku))

  1. noble; exalted; sacred
  2. precious; valuable
Inflection

References

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