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言う [ichi1,news1,nf01] ；云う [spec1] ；謂う
【いう [spec1,ichi1,news1,nf01] ；ゆう [spec1,ichi1] 】

[v5u]
▶ to say
▶ to utter
▶ to declare

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2789240 嘘と坊主の頭はゆったことがない【うそとぼうずのあたまはゆったことがない】 1. having never told a lie
	⇐ see: 1008860 言える【いえる】 1. to be possible to say; to be able to say

[v5u]
▶ to name
▶ to call

(言う only) [v5u]
▶ to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")
▶ to make a noise

Conjugations

History:

12.	A 2018-12-06 21:41:03 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Best omitted. We don't tell people how to say ます/です.
	Diff:	@@ -31 +30,0 @@ -<s_inf>pronounced as ゆう in dictionary form but written as いう</s_inf>
11.	A* 2018-12-01 08:18:25 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Good point. This is more in line with the note in daijs. I certainly don't think the note HAS to be there (so feel free to reject/remove) but I do think it's a point many beginners aren't aware of.
	Diff:	@@ -31 +31 @@ -<s_inf>pronounced as ゆう but written as いう</s_inf> +<s_inf>pronounced as ゆう in dictionary form but written as いう</s_inf>
10.	A* 2018-12-01 05:54:52 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I doubt it's needed anyway. We don't usually note irregular pronuncioations.
9.	A* 2018-11-30 22:32:53 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Couldn't this be confusing? 言いました and 言えば are said as they're written. 言った can be said both ways.
8.	A* 2018-11-30 03:08:50 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs 〔 (1) 中世ごろから終止形・連体形の「いう」が融合して「ゆう」と発音されるようになり、「ゆ」を語幹として活用させた形も生じた。現代でも話し言葉では終止形・連体形は「ゆう」と発音されるが、「いう」と書く。
	Diff:	@@ -30,0 +31 @@ +<s_inf>pronounced as ゆう but written as いう</s_inf>
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7.	A 2018-04-07 18:01:31 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	G n-grams: 云う 1697529
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri> @@ -20,0 +22 @@ +<re_pri>spec1</re_pri> @@ -24,0 +27 @@ +<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
6.	A 2014-04-01 00:52:26 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Seems reasonable.
5.	A* 2014-03-31 12:23:35 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs the restriction is merely an educated guess.
	Diff:	@@ -28,0 +29,2 @@ +<gloss>to utter</gloss> +<gloss>to declare</gloss> @@ -35,0 +38 @@ +<stagk>言う</stagk> @@ -37 +40 @@ -<gloss>to go (e.g. the alarm went "ping")</gloss> +<gloss>to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")</gloss>
4.	A 2013-02-14 22:03:37 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2013-02-13 02:20:00 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -32,1 +32,2 @@ -<gloss>to call (i.e. to give a name)</gloss> +<gloss>to name</gloss> +<gloss>to call</gloss>
2.	A 2012-12-09 23:51:12 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5
	Comments:	GG5 has that as a sense.
	Diff:	@@ -34,0 +34,5 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&v5u;</pos> +<gloss>to go (e.g. the alarm went "ping")</gloss> +<gloss>to make a noise</gloss> +</sense>
1.	A* 2012-12-07 01:50:18 winnie <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	It might be worth adding another meaning to represent the use of the word to show that an object is making a noise -- which isn't really "to say" -- as in お湯が沸いてやかんがピーピーいっている. I don't know if "to make a sound" or "to make a noise" quite works. Perhaps you have a better idea? :-)

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