たまう

Japanese

Hiragana modern たまう
historical たまふ
Kanji 給う

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

たまう (godan conjugation, rōmaji tamau)

  1. An auxiliary verb used for politeness. Used primarily by males.

Usage notes

  • Used especially in the imperative tense to form commands. It is attached to the continuative form of a verb and is often spelled in hiragana.
    こちら ()たまえ
    Kochira e kitamae.
    Come here.

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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