かふ

かふ (rōmaji kafu)

1. 寡婦: widow

• (c.800) IPA^(key): /kaɸu/
• (c.1050) IPA^(key): /kau/
• (c.1350) IPA^(key): /kɔː/, /kau/

From Old Japanese kapu (kap-), from Proto-Japonic *kapa-.

かふ (quadrigrade, transitive, rōmaji kafu, stem kaf-)

1. to raise, rear, keep (livestock)

• Japanese: かう (kau) (飼う)

From Old Japanese kapu (kap-), from Proto-Japonic *kapa-, root *kapa "change". Related to かはる (kafar-) "change (intr.)", かはす (kafas-) "exchange", かふ (kafe-) "change (tr.)".

かふ (quadrigrade, intransitive, rōmaji kafu, stem kaf-)

1. to buy, exchange
2. to cross, intersect, usually as second component in a compound verb

• Japanese: かう (kau) (買う)

From Old Japanese kapu (kapey-), from Proto-Japonic *kapa-Ci-, root *kapa "change". Related to かはす (kafas-) "exchange", かはる (kafar-) "change (intr.)", かふ (kaf-) "buy; intersect".

かふ (bigrade, transitive, rōmaji kafu, stem kafe-)

1. (intransitive) to change
2. after infinitive in compound verb: to cross, intersect, (do) to each other

• Japanese: かえる (kaeru) (変える, 替える, 代える)