贖う

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
贖
あが
Hyōgaiji

agap-u → agaɸ-u → *agaw-u → aga-u.

Verb

贖(あが)う • (agau) ←あがふ (agafu)?godan (stem 贖(あが)い (agai), past 贖(あが)った (agatta))

  1. to atone for one's sins
  2. to obtain something with compensation; to purchase
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
贖
あがな
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

aganap-u → aganaɸ-u → *aganaw-u → agana-u. From earlier verb 贖う (agau, “atone”), suffixed with the stem なう (nau).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あがな​う [àgánáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɡa̠na̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

贖(あがな)う • (aganau) ←あがなふ (aganafu)?godan (stem 贖(あがな)い (aganai), past 贖(あがな)った (aganatta))

  1. to atone for one's sins
Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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