綯う
なう · nau
To twine (fibers to make rope), to twist
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 綯いますないます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 綯いませんないません |
| Polite past (ました) | 綯いましたないました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 綯いませんでしたないませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 綯いましょうないましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 綯いない |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 綯いたいないたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 綯いながらないながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 綯ってなって |
| Plain past (た形) | 綯ったなった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 綯ったらなったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 綯っているなっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 綯わないなわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 綯わなかったなわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 綯わなくてなわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 綯えるなえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 綯えばなえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 綯えなえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 綯おうなおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 綯われるなわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 綯わせるなわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 綯わされるなわされる |
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Questions
What does 綯う mean?
To twine (fibers to make rope), to twist.
How do you pronounce 綯う?
なう (nau). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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