眠たい

Japanese

Etymology

Compare 眠る (nemuru, to sleep), 眠り (nemuri, sleep), 眠い (nemui, sleepy), and おねむ (o-nemu, (childish) sleepiness, sleep), all ultimately related to Classical Japanese (nu, to sleep, modern 寝る (neru)).

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
ねむ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
睡たい
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「眠たい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 眠たく むたく [nèmútákú]
Terminal (終止形) 眠たい むたい
むた
[nèmútáí]
[nèmútáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 眠たい むたい [nèmútáí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 眠たくない むたくな [nèmútákúnáꜜì]
Informal past 眠たかった むたかった [nèmútáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 眠たくなかった むたくなかった [nèmútákúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 眠たいです むたいです [nèmútáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 眠たくて むたくて [nèmútáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 眠たければ むたければ [nèmútáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(ねむ)たい • (nemutai-i (adverbial (ねむ)たく (nemutaku))

  1. sleepy
Inflection

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
ねぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Adjective

(ねぶ)たい • (nebutai-i (adverbial (ねぶ)たく (nebutaku))

  1. sleepy
Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN