猶予い

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
猶 予
いざ
Grade: S		 よ
Grade: 3
irregular on’yomi
Alternative spelling
猶豫い (kyūjitai)

⟨isayo1pi1⟩ → */isajʷopʲi/ → /isajopi/ → /isajofi/ → /izajofi/ → /izajowi/ → /izajoi/

From Old Japanese.[1][2] Read as isayopi in the Nara Period, shifting to isayofi and izayofi alternating in free variation with in the Heian Period, and settling on izayoi thereafter.[1]

Derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 猶予(いざよ)う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”)..[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

猶(いざ)予(よ)い • (izayoi) ←いざよひ (izayofi)?

  1. a hesitation, a pause

Verb

猶(いざ)予(よ)い • (izayoi) ←いざよひ (izayofi)?

  1. the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 猶予(いざよ)う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”).
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
猶 予
Grade: S Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spellings
猶豫い (kyūjitai)
揺蕩い

This kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on the synonymous Middle Chinese-derived term 猶予 (yūyo). This spelling is less common than 揺蕩い.

For pronunciation and definitions of 猶予い – see the following entry.
【揺蕩たゆたい】
[noun] bobbing, to moving about uncertainly as a floating item moves about on the surface of water or some other liquid
[noun] the state of being undecided or uncertain
[noun] a pause or hesitation due to indecision, dallying, dawdling
(This term, 猶予い, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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