なきわめく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
泣き喚く 泣喚く (dated)

Etymology

From 泣(な)き (naki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 泣(な)く (naku, “to cry”)) + わめく (wameku, “to scream”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なきわめ​く [nàkíwáméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [na̠kʲiɰᵝa̠me̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

なきわめく • (nakiwameku) ^{←なきわめく (nakiwameku)?}godan (stem なきわめき (nakiwameki), past なきわめいた (nakiwameita))

1. to wail with tears in one's eyes

Conjugation

Conjugation of "なきわめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	なきわめか	nakiwameka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	なきわめき	nakiwameki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	なきわめく	nakiwameku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	なきわめく	nakiwameku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	なきわめけ	nakiwameke
Meireikei ("imperative")	なきわめけ	nakiwameke
Key constructions
Passive	なきわめかれる	nakiwamekareru
Causative	なきわめかせる なきわめかす	nakiwamekaseru nakiwamekasu
Potential	なきわめける	nakiwamekeru
Volitional	なきわめこう	nakiwamekō
Negative	なきわめかない	nakiwamekanai
Negative continuative	なきわめかず	nakiwamekazu
Formal	なきわめきます	nakiwamekimasu
Perfective	なきわめいた	nakiwameita
Conjunctive	なきわめいて	nakiwameite
Hypothetical conditional	なきわめけば	nakiwamekeba

Synonyms

• なきさけぶ (nakisakebu)