なふ

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • (modern reflex) なう (-nau, verb, godan inflection)

Suffix

なふ • (-nafu) yodan

  1. (non-productive) verb-forming suffix attached to nouns (generally for native Japanese words)
    (とも) (tomo, companion)(ともな) (tomonafu, to accompany) → modern (ともな) (tomonau)
    (うべ) (ube, indeed)(うべな) (ubenafu, to affirm; to agree, to accept) → modern (うべな) (ubenau)
    (うら) (ura, inside” or “inner feelings)(うらな) (uranafu, to divine) → modern (うらな) (uranau)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (su, to do) (verb-forming suffix for nouns, primarily for Sino-Japanese words)

Derived terms

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