覆う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
被う
蔽う
蓋う
掩う

Etymology

/opu pu//opopu//ofofu/ → */owou//oːu/

From the Old Japanese verb 覆ふ (opu, cover from above) + (-fu, auxillary verb modifier).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "覆う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
覆う おう [òóú]
Imperative (命令形) 覆え おえ [òóé]
Key constructions
Passive 覆われる おわれる [òówárérú]
Causative 覆わせる おわせる [òówásérú]
Potential 覆える おえる [òóérú]
Volitional 覆おう おお [òóóꜜò]
Negative 覆わない おわない [òówánáí]
Negative perfective 覆わなかった おわなかった [òówánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 覆います おいま [òóímáꜜsù]
Perfective 覆った おった [òóttá]
Conjunctive 覆って おって [òótté]
Hypothetical conditional 覆えば おえ [òóéꜜbà]

Verb

(おお) (ōuおほふ (ofofu)?transitive godan (stem (おお) (ōi), past (おお)った (ōtta))

  1. to cover
    (くも)東欧(とうおう)(おお)
    kumo ga Tōō o ōu
    clouds cover eastern Europe
  2. to cover up, to conceal, to hide
  3. to permeate, to spread throughout
  4. to include everything (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the parameter "1"; the value "2002" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.