ぬわ
nuwa
JLPT N2 verb 未然形
ぬわ is the negative stem of ぬう — to sew, to stitch.
- to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
How it’s built
ぬう
ぬわ
Negative stem (未然形). Never used alone — it is the base for ない (not), れる/られる (passive), せる/させる (causative): 書か → 書かない.
ぬう is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of ぬう. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of ぬう
| Polite (ます形) | ぬいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | ぬいません |
| Polite past (ました) | ぬいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | ぬいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | ぬいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | ぬい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | ぬいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | ぬいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | ぬって |
| Plain past (た形) | ぬった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | ぬったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | ぬっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | ぬわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | ぬわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | ぬわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | ぬえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | ぬえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | ぬえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | ぬおう |
| Passive (受身形) | ぬわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | ぬわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | ぬわされる |
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Other forms and spellings
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