尠う
すくのう · sukunou
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
尠う is the masu-stem of 尠い — few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare.
How it’s built
尠い
尠う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
尠い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 尠い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 尠い
| Negative (ない形) | 尠くないすくなくない |
| Past (た形) | 尠かったすくなかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 尠くなかったすくなくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 尠くてすくなくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 尠くすくなく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 尠いすくない |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 尠ければすくなければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 尠かったらすくなかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 尠くなるすくなくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 尠すぎるすくなすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
尠けれ尠きゃ尠けりゃ尠かろ尠かろう尠かろふ尠い尠え尠尠く尠かっSave your words
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