誂える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あつら
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
誂らえる (uncommon)
誂る (uncommon)

Etymology

/aturafu//at͡surafu//at͡suraferu//at͡suraeru/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720,[1] but only in logographic form, with the kana gloss applied some uncertain amount of time afterwards. Attested in phonetic spellings from at least the Ochikubo Monogatari of the late 900s.[1]

Further derivation uncertain. Considering verb-formation patterns, this appears to be a root verb atsuru + iterative / repetitive / resultative auxiliary verb suffix (fu). However, the attested verb 暑る (atsuru, archaic, possibly obsolete) means "to be very hot; to suffer in the heat", with no clear semantic connection. Adjective 厚らか (atsuraka) likewise has no apparent semantic connection, meaning "thick and puffed up".

Speculatively, this might ultimately be derived from or otherwise related to verb 当つ (atsu), modern 当てる (ateru, transitive) and 当たる (ataru, intransitive), with senses including "to hit, to strike; to be or to put into contact with; to assign, to call upon someone to do something".

In historical sources, due to lenition of the medial /f/ sound and the resulting overlap in pronunciations, occasionally appears in the 1300s-1700s as conjugating as if the base verb form were atsurayu.[2]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「誂える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
誂える つらえ [àtsúráéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 誂えろ つらえ [àtsúráéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 誂えられる つらえられ [àtsúráéráréꜜrù]
Causative 誂えさせる つらえさせ [àtsúráésáséꜜrù]
Potential 誂えられる つらえられ [àtsúráéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 誂えよう つらえよ [àtsúráéyóꜜò]
Negative 誂えない つらえない [àtsúráéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 誂えなかった つらえなかった [àtsúráéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 誂えます つらえま [àtsúráémáꜜsù]
Perfective 誂えた つらえた [àtsúráꜜètà]
Conjunctive 誂えて つらえて [àtsúráꜜètè]
Hypothetical conditional 誂えれば つらえれば [àtsúráéꜜrèbà]

Verb

(あつら)える • (atsuraerutransitive ichidan (stem (あつら) (atsurae), past (あつら)えた (atsuraeta))

  1. [from 1200s] to place an order for something, to order something (such as to be made, carried out, delivered)
  2. [from 720] to request something of someone, to request that someone do something

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • (あつら)(ひん) (atsuraehin, made-to-order good)
  • (あつら)(もの) (atsuraemono, made-to-order item)
  • (あつら)() (atsuraemuki, suitable, fitting, ideal, as desired)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 誂える”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN