伝う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
伝
つた
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

伝う (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 傳う, godan conjugation, hiragana つたう, rōmaji tsutau, historical hiragana つたふ)

Japanese verb pair
active 伝える
mediopassive 伝う
  1. to walk or go along; to follow
    蜘 (く)蛛 (も)が糸 (いと)を伝 (つた)う
    kumo ga ito o tsutau
    the spider walks along the thread
    頬 (ほお)に伝 (つた)う涙 (なみだ)
    hō ni tsutau namida
    tears running down the cheek

Conjugation
Conjugation of "伝う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 伝わ つたわ tsutawa
Continuative (連用形) 伝い つたい tsutai
Terminal (終止形) 伝う つたう tsutau
Attributive (連体形) 伝う つたう tsutau
Hypothetical (仮定形) 伝え つたえ tsutae
Imperative (命令形) 伝え つたえ tsutae
Key constructions
Passive 伝われる つたわれる tsutawareru
Causative 伝わせる
伝わす		 つたわせる
つたわす		 tsutawaseru
tsutawasu
Potential 伝える つたえる tsutaeru
Volitional 伝おう つたおう tsutaō
Negative 伝わない つたわない tsutawanai
Negative continuative 伝わず つたわず tsutawazu
Formal 伝います つたいます tsutaimasu
Perfective 伝った つたった tsutatta
Conjunctive 伝って つたって tsutatte
Hypothetical conditional 伝えば つたえば tsutaeba
Classical conjugation of "伝ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 伝はつたはtutafa
Continuative (連用形) 伝ひつたひtutafi
Terminal (終止形) 伝ふつたふtutafu
Attributive (連体形) 伝ふつたふtutafu
Realis (已然形) 伝へつたへtutafe
Imperative (命令形) 伝へつたへtutafe
Key constructions
Negative 伝はずつたはずtutafazu
Contrasting conjunction 伝へどつたへどtutafedo
Causal conjunction 伝へばつたへばtutafeba
Conditional conjunction 伝はばつたはばtutafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 伝ひきつたひきtutafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 伝ひけりつたひけりtutafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 伝ひつつたひつtutafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 伝ひぬつたひぬtutafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 伝へり
伝ひたり		つたへり
つたひたり		tutaferi
tutafitari

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