さいなむ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
苛む
嘖む
虐む (dated)
訶む (dated)
呵責む (dated)

Etymology

Shift from さきなむ (sakinamu).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いな [sàínáꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ina̠mɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

さいなむ • (sainamu) transitive godan (stem さいなみ (sainami), past さいなんだ (sainanda))

  1. to torment, to torture

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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