うず

Japanese

Noun

うず • (uzu) 

  1. 渦: eddy, swirl, whirlpool, vortex
    • Early 700s, 播磨国風土記 (Harima no Kuni Fudoki, “Chronicles of the Country of Harima”)
      絞(う)水(づ)の淵(ふち)あり。故(かれ)、宇(う)頭(づ)川(がわ)と号(なづ)く。
      uzu no fuchi ari. Kare, Uzugawa to nazuku.
      There is a deep whirl / eddy pool there. As such, it is called “Uzugawa” (Eddy River).

Etymology 2

From むず (muzu), contraction of むとす (mu to su).

Phrase

うず • (uzu) 

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of んとする (n to suru)
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "うず" (サ行変格活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) うぜuze
Continuative (連用形) うじuzi
Terminal (終止形) うずuzu
Attributive (連体形) うずるuzuru
Realis (已然形) うずれuzure
Imperative (命令形) うぜよuzeyo
Key constructions
Negative うぜずuzezu
Contrasting conjunction うずれどuzuredo
Causal conjunction うずればuzureba
Conditional conjunction うぜばuzeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) うじきuziki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) うじけりuzikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) うじつuzitu
Perfect tense (natural event) うじぬuzinu
Perfect-continuative tense うぜり
うじたり		uzeri
uzitari
Volitional うぜむuzemu
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