候う

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
そうろ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Shift from (さぶら) (saburau).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞ːɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːɾo̞ː]

Verb

(そうろ) • (sōrou) さうらふ (saurafu)?godan (stem (そうろ) (sōroi), past (そうろ)った (sōrotta))

  1. to serve
  2. to be
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
さもら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
さむら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
さぶら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 候う – see the following entry.
さもら
[verb] to wait for a chance
[verb] to serve by one's side
さぶら
[verb] to serve by one's side
[verb] (copula) to be
さむら
[verb] (copula) to be
[verb] verbal suffix
(This term, 候う, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
もら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 候う – see the following entry.
らう
[verb] (Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out
(This term, 候う, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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