蹌蹌

See also: 蹌々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蹌	蹌
そう Hyōgai	そう Hyōgai
goon

Alternative spelling
蹌々

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Adjective

蹌(そう)蹌(そう) • (sōsō) ^{←さうさう (sausau)^?}^†-tari (adnominal 蹌(そう)蹌(そう)とした (sōsō to shita) or 蹌(そう)蹌(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 蹌(そう)蹌(そう)と (sōsō to) or 蹌(そう)蹌(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

(archaic) wandering

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "蹌蹌たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	蹌蹌たら	そうそうたら	sousoutara
Continuative (連用形)	蹌蹌と^[1] 蹌蹌たり^[2]	そうそうとそうそうたり	sousouto sousoutari
Terminal (終止形)	蹌蹌たり	そうそうたり	sousoutari
Attributive (連体形)	蹌蹌たる	そうそうたる	sousoutaru
Realis (已然形)	蹌蹌たれ	そうそうたれ	sousoutare
Imperative (命令形)	蹌蹌たれ	そうそうたれ	sousoutare
Key constructions
Negative	蹌蹌たらず	そうそうたらず	sousoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	蹌蹌たれど	そうそうたれど	sousoutaredo
Causal conjunction	蹌蹌たれば	そうそうたれば	sousoutareba
Conditional conjunction	蹌蹌たらば	そうそうたらば	sousoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	蹌蹌たりき	そうそうたりき	sousoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	蹌蹌たりけり	そうそうたりけり	sousoutarikeri
Adverbial	蹌蹌と	そうそうと	sousouto
^[1]Without auxiliary verb. ^[2]With auxiliary verb.

Derived terms

蹌(そう)蹌(そう)踉(ろう)踉(ろう) (sōsō rōrō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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