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jmdict 2825914 Active (id: 2080614)
能う適う
あたう
1. [v5u,vi]
《plain form pronounced あとう(アトー)》
▶ to be able (to do)
▶ to be capable (of doing)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2005790 能わず【あたわず】 1. unable to do; impossible to do
  ⇒ see: 2825915 能う限り 1. as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2020-09-08 09:23:30  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Koj, Daijs (neither has あとう). Koj has 適う as well.
  Comments:
That's certainly a solution. I was a little reluctant  as あとう is in Daijirin and GG5.
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +7,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>適う</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -9,3 +11,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>あとう</reb>
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<s_inf>plain form pronounced あとう(アトー)</s_inf>
6. A* 2020-09-08 07:01:08  dine <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
remove あとう from reading and add [note="dictionary form pronounced あとう(アトー)"]?
5. A* 2020-09-08 03:53:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think the options here are:
(a) do nothing. (It's a very marginal situation)
(b) split 能う/あとう off into a v5u-s entry as was done with 給う. (I'm not sure it really behaves like the other v5u-s verbs.)
(c) create a special reading tag ("no-infl"?)
(d) add a note, e.g. "あとう does not inflect".
My inclination is to do (d), although (a) is tempting. Any other suggestions?
4. A* 2020-09-07 21:42:11  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
3. A* 2020-09-07 15:30:54  dine <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo: 表記終止形・連体形では「アトー」と発音し、「あとう」と書くことが多い。
  Comments:
I think we should have a label for such ウ音便 readings as あとう, to indicate that it is to be pronounced アトー and not to be conjugated further.
(Only a few verbs had their ウ音便 forms split into a new stem+ending combination, e.g. 酔う(えう→よう) and 言う(いう→ゆう). Most are pronounced as a single morpheme, despite Daijirin's cross-reference entry formatting.)

It is simpler to label the ウ音便 readings than splitting them to a new entry, as we did with 給う. Doing so also avoids duplication and overloading the [v5u-s] label.
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