よこたえる

Japanese
Alternative spelling
横たえる

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) よこたえ​る [yòkótáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) よこた​える [yòkótáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ko̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

よこたえる • (yokotaeru) ←よこたへる (yokotaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem よこたえ (yokotae), past よこたえた (yokotaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 横(よこ)たえる (横(よこ)たえる)
mediopassive 横(よこ)たわる (横(よこ)たわる)
  1. (transitive) to lay down
    体(からだ)を横(よこ)たえる
    karada o yokotaeru
    to lie down
    (literally, “to lay one's body down”)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "よこたえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") よこたえ yokotae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") よこたえ yokotae
Shūshikei ("terminal") よこたえる yokotaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") よこたえる yokotaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") よこたえれ yokotaere
Meireikei ("imperative") よこたえよ¹
よこたえろ²		 yokotaeyo¹
yokotaero²
Key constructions
Passive よこたえられる yokotaerareru
Causative よこたえさせる
よこたえさす		 yokotaesaseru
yokotaesasu
Potential よこたえられる
よこたえれる³		 yokotaerareru
yokotaereru³
Volitional よこたえよう yokotaeyō
Negative よこたえない
よこたえぬ
よこたえん		 yokotaenai
yokotaenu
yokotaen
Negative continuative よこたえず yokotaezu
Formal よこたえます yokotaemasu
Perfective よこたえた yokotaeta
Conjunctive よこたえて yokotaete
Hypothetical conditional よこたえれば yokotaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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