鼾く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いび
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Originally a compound of (i, breath, breathing) + 引く (hiku, to pull, to draw).[1][2] The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Verb

鼾く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いびく, rōmaji ibiku)

  1. (probably obsolete) to snore

Conjugation

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Usage notes

This is more commonly expressed using the verbal phrases 掻く (ibiki o kaku, literally to make a snoring sound) or 立てる (ibiki o tateru, literally to raise a snore, to put up a snore).

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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