Ka-row irregular conjugation - Kagyouhenkakukatsuyo

Japanese: カ行変格活用 - カギョウヘンカクカツヨウ

One of the conjugation forms of verbs. The word form is "ko, ki, ku, kuru, kure, ko (koyo)" in literary Japanese, and "ko, ki, kuru, kuru, kure, koi" in colloquial Japanese. It is an unprecedented conjugation that changes the word form according to the three sounds of the ka row of the Japanese syllabary, ki, ku, ko. Coming Ku " and the colloquial "kuru" (and furthermore, the respective compound verbs) are the only ones that belong to the ka-row irregular conjugation. Ka-hen.

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

動詞の活用形式の一。語形が、文語では「こ・き・く・くる・くれ・こ（こよ）」、口語では「こ・き・くる・くる・くれ・こい」のように、五十音図カ行のキ・ク・コ三段の音で語形変化する類例のない活用。文語の「来く」、口語の「来る」（さらに、それぞれの複合動詞）だけがカ行変格活用に属する。カ変。

出典　小学館デジタル大辞泉について　情報 | 凡例

<<: Period of separation -

>>: GA row nasal sound - Gagyoubion