侍う

• 候う

/samorapu/ → /samorafu/ → */samorawu/ → /samorau/

Compound of a prefix sa- (possibly the same sa meaning "really, truly", as mentioned in some derivations of 紫陽花 (ajisai, “hydrangea”)) and the verb 守らう (morau), the iterative or repetitive conjugation of 守る (moru, “to protect”).

侍う (godan conjugation, hiragana さもらう, rōmaji samorau, historical hiragana さもらふ)

1. to wait for a chance
2. to serve by one's side

/samorapu/ → /samorafu/ → /saburafu/ → */saburawu/ → /saburau/

Sound shift from earlier 侍う (samorau).

侍う (godan conjugation, hiragana さぶらう, rōmaji saburau, historical hiragana さぶらふ)

1. to serve by one's side
2. (copula) to be
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 545)

     Saburai, ǒ, ǒta. サブライ, ゥ, ゥタ (候ひ、ふ、うた)...である, ...がある,などの意. 文書語.

• 侍 (saburai)
• 侍 (samurai)

/samorapu/ → /samorafu/ → /saburafu/ → /samurafu/ → */samurawu/ → /samurau/

Sound shift from earlier 侍う (saburau).

侍う (godan conjugation, hiragana さむらう, rōmaji samurau, historical hiragana さむらふ)

1. (copula) to be
2. verbal suffix

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.